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My American Revolution: A Modern Expedition Through History's Forgotten Battlegrounds (2012)

by Robert Sullivan(Favorite Author)
2.96 of 5 Votes: 2
ISBN
0374217459 (ISBN13: 9780374217457)
languge
English
publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
review 1: Boy I wanted to like this book. I devour most Revolutionary War books, and I'm from north Jersey so it seems engineered for me to like. Instead the author seems too caught up in whatever it is he wishes to talk about which only occasionally is the sites and history of the war. I suppose his use of the personal possessive pronoun on the title should have been a stronger beacon to what was to transpire. I hoped it would be more of a look at the modern locales of forgotten war moments rather than his personal attempts to relive the march from Princeton to Morristown. And seems easily distracted, following tangents beyond topics germane to the second and third words of his title. I couldn't get more than a third into it before declaring defeat.
review 2: Great read
... more, especially the outline that had the author (re)visiting Revolutionary War sites today.....hiked Princeton-Morristown, rowed across NY Harbor, explored Brooklyn (and Freehold). Expecially enjoyed the attempt to prove signalling (fire) towers from NJ sites familiar to me. Greatly appreciated the footnotes that were provided, which included, in detail their reasons for selection. Recommended to history "buffs" and regional students of the Revolutionay War......Like the methodical searching for answers to clues encountered enroute!!!! less
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Signe
Really enjoyed this book, he has the geography of it, not just the history. thanks.
aponte
A man retraces Revolutionary War happenings through NYC and the mid-Atlantic.
donnasg
book review in Washington Post 8/26/2012
amandang313
i may abandon this. i just cannot.
isbagge
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