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Rush Revere And The First Patriots: Time-Travel Adventures With Exceptional Americans (2014)

by Rush Limbaugh(Favorite Author)

4.32 of 5 Votes: 2

ISBN

1476755922 (ISBN13: 9781476755922)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Threshold Editions

series

Rush Revere

review 1: I bought this book on impulse because I'm a fan (though not a regular listener,) and because when I looked at the book rack at the store I noticed that the two copies of this book had been turned cover-backward and concealed none-too-well behind another book, clearly by one of Limbaugh's many haters. And my response to juvenile attacks (no matter how subtle) against good people and ideas is generally: defiance. So thanks, Limbaugh-hater - you succeeded in catching my attention and selling one of his books. 8^]There were two things I hadn't realized before buying it. First is that "First Patriots" is a book for young adults, not adults; second is that the quality and art design of this book are stunning. The pages throughout are a parchment graphic on heavy stock, and ev... moreery four or five pages there is a rich, full-color picture - an even mix of famous portraits of Founders, paintings and engravings of scenes of Colonial / Revolutionary America, mixed with illustrations of scenes involving Limbaugh's characters. So this was fifteen bucks well spent, just on the design and construction of the book alone.I don't have kids, but I'm thinking this would make an excellent introduction for pre-teens/early teens to key figures and events in America's Founding, presented in an entertaining way. Though his philosophical formulations differ from mine in places, it was even a quick, enjoyable historic romp for an adult. It's a mash-up of American history, sci-fi time travel, a talking horse who serves as temporal transport, and one very lucky history class led by Limbaugh's avatar, Rush Revere. He even presents a villain of sorts, a spoiled student (of the control-fetishist mentality typically drawn to government from an early age,) who serves to illustrate willful evil and the fact that the concept of liberty - which is self-evidently good for most - can still be consciously opposed by corrupt people.It's second in a series (currently numbering three, with "Brave Pilgrims" and "The American Revolution,") one I hope Limbaugh will continue, through the settling of the continent, the Civil War period, and a corrected overview of America's great industrialists (who are universally and ironically smeared with a label that's appropriate only to politicians: robber barons.) In the "Rush Revere" series, Mr. Limbaugh has penned an excellent adjunct to junior high history lessons. Recommended.
review 2: I thought this was a great book! The style is obviously set for kids, but that's a good thing because it's meant to be a children's book. I think Rush delivered his message very well. It wasn't a very politically skewed book. It just told the story of the pilgrims like it was, and in an interesting way. An important feature that was included in the story was how the pilgrims tried to work as a commonwealth, basically communism when it came to labor, food, and posessions, but it didn't work. When they reformed to a capitalist economy, the Plimoth colony survived and worked a lot better. This part of the Pilgrim story is often left out of the history books. All in all, I'm glad I read this book, and I hope more people continue to read it as well. less

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