Revolutionary Roads: Searching for the War That Made America Independent...and All the Places It Could Have Gone Terribly Wrong

Author:   Bob Thompson
Publisher:   Twelve
ISBN:  

9781455565153


Pages:   448
Publication Date:   07 February 2023
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Bob Thompson
Publisher:   Twelve
Imprint:   Twelve
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 4.10cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.612kg
ISBN:  

9781455565153


ISBN 10:   1455565156
Pages:   448
Publication Date:   07 February 2023
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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A splendid, entertaining meditation on the war that launched a nation. REVOLUTIONARY ROADS is a time machine, ready to transport any 21st century reader searching for our 18th century roots. --Rick Atkinson Bob Thompson takes us on a literal road trip through the War for Independence--20,000 miles of visits to all manner of historic sites and events, plus conversations with knowledgeable history lovers of all descriptions. The result is a marvelous book filled with always entertaining, often poignant observations on the nature of America's founding struggle. Thompson has a keen eye for pivotal moments when confusion, blunders, misunderstandings, and just plain happenstance could have taken the war in unexpected directions. The writing sparkles, capturing the essence of the epoch's personalities and reminding us to consider events from the perspective of those who lived through them--often with little idea how their futures would unfold. Once you've opened REVOLUTIONARY ROADS you won't want to put down. It's that good. --Mark Edward Lender, author of Cabal! The Plot against General Washington Bob Thompson's tour through key Revolutionary War sites is a riveting reading adventure. The chapters vibrate with fresh insight into the trials and travails of people from a mix of backgrounds who fought for and against American independence. With unrestrained enthusiasm, I recommend REVOLUTIONARY ROADS as a well-written, innovative, fascinating new addition to our continuing study of the American experience. --James Kirby Martin, co-author of the classic volume, A Respectable Army: The Military Origins of the Republic, 1763-1789 REVOLUTIONARY ROADS is a superb book and a flat-out joy to read. It's poignant, it's funny, and it's filled with surprising details about the lucky breaks and haunting decisions of the war that created America. Best of all is the enthusiasm Bob Thompson brings to the story. If you're at all curious about the American Revolution - and we all should be, especially at this point in history - you couldn't ask for a better guide and companion. --David Finkel, author of The Good Soldiers and Thank You For Your Service So many people don't appreciate history anymore because they find the telling of it dry and uninteresting. Bob Thompson's engaging writing style and gift for insightful analysis are a definite remedy for that. With a combination of solid historical research and good storytelling, Thompson brings life to the important figures and events of the American Revolutionary War. --Carl Borick


Thompson enriches his well-chosen primary sources with entertaining profiles of museum curators and historical reenactors and down-home turns of phrase...The result is an eclectic yet cogent and cohesive account of the American Revolution. --Publisher's Weekly A splendid, entertaining meditation on the war that launched a nation. REVOLUTIONARY ROADS is a time machine, ready to transport any 21st century reader searching for our 18th century roots. --Rick Atkinson, author of The British Are Coming Bob Thompson's tour through key Revolutionary War sites is a riveting reading adventure. The chapters vibrate with fresh insight into the trials and travails of people from a mix of backgrounds who fought for and against American independence. With unrestrained enthusiasm, I recommend REVOLUTIONARY ROADS as a well-written, innovative, fascinating new addition to our continuing study of the American experience. --James Kirby Martin, co-author of the classic volume, A Respectable Army: The Military Origins of the Republic, 1763-1789 In this beguiling, disarming book, Bob Thompson chips away at the cluttered present to bring us face to face with the personalities and events of our founding conflict. His account is greatly enhanced and humanized by the fact that he's not a historian, not an expert. He's one of us, learning as he goes, encountering the past with such wit and curiosity that he makes his discoveries our own. --Stephen Harrigan, author of Gates of the Alamo and Big Wonderful Thing: A History of Texas REVOLUTIONARY ROADS is a superb book and a flat-out joy to read. It's poignant, it's funny, and it's filled with surprising details about the lucky breaks and haunting decisions of the war that created America. Best of all is the enthusiasm Bob Thompson brings to the story. If you're at all curious about the American Revolution-and we all should be, especially at this point in history-you couldn't ask for a better guide and companion. --David Finkel, author of The Good Soldiers and Thank You For Your Service So many people don't appreciate history anymore because they find the telling of it dry and uninteresting. Bob Thompson's engaging writing style and gift for insightful analysis are a definite remedy for that. With a combination of solid historical research and good storytelling, Thompson brings life to the important figures and events of the American Revolutionary War. --Carl Borick, Director of the Charleston Museum and author of A Gallant Defense: The Siege of Charleston, 1780 Victory in the War of Independence was never inevitable. In REVOLUTIONARY ROADS, Bob Thompson uses the power of place to drive home that vital fact, immersing us in the midst of some of the war's most crucial turning points. --Edward G. Lengel, Ph.D, Chief Historian, National Medal of Honor Museum Bob Thompson takes us on a literal road trip through the War for Independence--20,000 miles of visits to all manner of historic sites and events, plus conversations with knowledgeable history lovers of all descriptions. The result is a marvelous book filled with always entertaining, often poignant observations on the nature of America's founding struggle. Thompson has a keen eye for pivotal moments when confusion, blunders, misunderstandings, and just plain happenstance could have taken the war in unexpected directions. The writing sparkles, capturing the essence of the epoch's personalities and reminding us to consider events from the perspective of those who lived through them--often with little idea how their futures would unfold. Once you've opened REVOLUTIONARY ROADS you won't want to put down. It's that good. --Mark Edward Lender, author of Cabal! The Plot against General Washington


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Bob Thompson is the author of Born on a Mountaintop, an on-the-road exploration of the real and legendary Davy Crockett. As a longtime feature writer for the Washington Post and the editor of its Sunday magazine, he was known for his pieces on the intersection of history and myth.

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