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Tag Archives: American Revolution
English broadside
Well…this has been the saddest Read of England, and the saddest reading month, since my college days. At least the few I read were all fairly good! Read of England isn’t quite over, as I’ll be working on a few … Continue reading
Forgotten Founders
America’s Forgotten Founders© 2011 ed. Gary Gregg II185 pages After reading several thoughtful full-length biographies in this series, I expected the same quality in miniature from this collection. That is not the case at all; after a lengthy opening essay … Continue reading
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Tagged American Revolution, biography, Early American Republic, history
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American Independence Wrapup & On the Horizon
Well, gentle readers, July’s halfway marks the conclusion of my American Independence series, at least for another year. What ground did I cover this year? Revolutionary Summer, Joseph Ellis; a history of the summer of 1776, in which the States … Continue reading
Passionate Sage
Passionate Sage: The Character and Legacy of John Adams© 1993 Joseph Ellis288 pages G.K. Chesteron once wrote that the Catholic Church is the only thing that saves a man from the degrading slavery of being a child of his age. … Continue reading
Forgotten Founder, Drunken Prophet
Forgotten Founder, Drunken Prophet: The Life of Luther Martin© 2008 Bill Kauffman227 pages There isn’t enough whitewash in the world to create a Luther Martin hagiography, Bill Kauffman admits, but in the spirit of lost causes he does his best. Billed … Continue reading
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Tagged American Revolution, Bill Kauffman, biography, subsidiarity, US Constitution
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Revolutionary Summer – Independence Kickoff
288 pages © 2014 Joseph J. Ellis Earlier in the week I read Joseph Ellis’ Revolutionary Summer to kick off my yearly tribute to American Independence. Ellis should be familiar to readers here, as I enjoy his narrative histories … Continue reading
So You Want to Read about the Revolution
Although I’m reading American literature for Independence Day instead of history, why not share some favorites from previous years’ Independence Day salutes? Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Benjamin Franklin from HBO’s John Adams. Founding BiographiesJohn Adams, David McCulloughFirst Family: John … Continue reading
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Tagged American Revolution, history, Index, politics, Politics-CivicInterest
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The Great Debate
The Great Debate: Edmund Burke, Thomas Paine, and the Birth of Right and Left© 2013 Yuval Levin296 pages The Great Debate uses the war of letters between Edmund Burke and Thomas Paine to explain the philosophical differences between conservatism and … Continue reading
The Quartet
The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, 1783 – 1789 © 2015 Joseph Ellis 320 pages How many men does it take to make a revolution? The American Revolution is usually taken to include the rising animus against the political … Continue reading
American Cicero
American Cicero: The Life of Charles Carroll© 2010 Bradley Birzer 230 pages When Charles Carroll of Carrollton signed the Declaration of Independence, he was risking the biggest fortune on the American mainland. But Carroll had yearned for independence for more … Continue reading