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The detail of the battles was very informative. David McCullough always does great research for his books and "1776" is no exception. I knew the overall American Revolution story, but enjoyed reading about the battles and just how close we were to losing this war.
A great read, and one I would recommend to high school teachers to assign as summer work for honors or advanced placement students. This book makes the reader want to find out more about each of the characters discussed. His narrative style of combining great history with the backgrounds and actual words of the historical characters truly reads like a novel. He is fair to all. The American Revolutionary period is my favorite historical period to read about and study. 1776 by McCullouch does not necessarily break new ground, but he is such a master storyteller that this is a must read for all fans of history. One point of history to mention is the fact that the author does not treat the Americans as the heroes and the British/Hessians as the bad guys.
Nice perspective of Washington and the trials he went through as a leader. Amazing the sacrifices many people went through to give us our independance.
David McCullough is masterful in captivating the reader with his uncommon research. Absolutely fabulous account of America's birthyear. A must read for anyone who loves this wonderful country.
However, this book does a wonderful job of bringing us back to that point in history and telling that story. We also forget the early failures of George Washington and the difficult task he had taken on as commander of the Continental Army. Highly recommended. The author should be commended not only for an outstanding history of the first year of the Revolutionary War, but for having done so in a way that is concise (less than 400 pages) and easily readable. Most people forget how improbable an American victory in the Revolutionary War was in the beginning. This book is exciting, interesting, real, and will give you a much better appreciation for the sacrifices made during the American Revolution.
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