John adams, a leader of the revolutionary effort, said bringing the fractious colonies together was like getting. As ferling demonstrates, it was a war that america came much closer to losing than. Written by john ferling, audiobook narrated by david baker. Thomas jefferson, alexander hamilton, and their competing visions for america. However, it seems to me that ferling generalizes too much in the years after the constitution.
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Amid a great collection of scholarship and narrative history on the revolutionary war and the american struggle for independence, there is a gaping hole. The american victory in the war of independence oxford, 2007. John ferling has nearly 40 years of experience as a historian of early america. In this gripping chronicle of americas struggle for independence, awardwinning historian john ferling transports listeners to the grim realities of that war, capturing an eightyear conflict filled with heroism, suffering, cowardice, betrayal, and fier. Books chronicling the revolution have largely ranged from multivolume tomes that appeal to scholars and the most serious general listeners to microhistories that necessarily. Read almost a miracle the american victory in the war of independence by john ferling available from rakuten kobo. The story that unfolds is at times a tale of folly, at times one of. Jefferson and hamilton king county library system overdrive. So begins john ferlings thoughtful and comprehensively researched almost a miracle. Their competing legacies, like the twin strands of dna, continue to shape our country to this day. John ferling is a professor emeritus of history at the state university of west georgia and the author of the awardwinning a leap in the dark.
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A brilliant new portrait of george washington as politician and leader from the author of the bestselling almost a miracle. The story that unfolds is at times a tale of folly, at. The american victory in the war of independence, by john ferling. John ferling talked about his book almost a miracle. John ferling brings to this book nearly forty years of experience as a historian of early america. Every other miracle prepares the way for this, or results from this. Even months after american blood had been shed at lexington and concord, many colonists remained loyal to. From the awardwinning author of almost a miracle and the ascent of george washington, this is the rare wor. Thomas jefferson, thomas paine and james monroe were in. George washington has been the subject of countless books, from multivolume biographies to books that focus in on a single aspect of his life. The rivalry that forged a nation he exposes the reader to a meditation on how the third president and the first secretary of the treasury have been evaluated by successive generations.
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A spellbinding history of the epic rivalry that shaped our republic. Audio mp3 cd unabridged by john ferling, david baker. It ended only with the death of hamilton in a pistol duel, felled by aaron burr, jeffersons vice president. Jun 04, 2007 john ferling brings to this book nearly forty years of experience as a historian of early america. Almost a miracle offers an illuminating portrait of americas triumph, offering vivid descriptions of all the major engagements, revealing how these battles often hinged on intangibles such as leadership under fire, heroism, good fortune, blunders, tenacity, and surprise. Ferling s brilliant book makes an important contribution to the scholarship of the revolution while telling a gripping story that every american must know. In his masterful work, almost a miracle, author john ferling yanks you out of your favorite chair, hurling you back in time to be there with washington, in the thick of battle, the smell of gunpowder thick in your nostrils, men and horses dying all around you. Almost a miracle offers an illuminating portrait of americas triumph, offering vivid descriptions of all the major engagements, from the first shots fired on lexington green to the surrender of general cornwallis at yorktown, revealing how these battles often hinged on intangibles such as leadership under fire, heroism, good fortune, blunders. Now john ferling peers behind that image, carefully burnished by washington himself, to show us a leader who was not only not above politics but a canny infighter a master of persuasion, manipulation, and. Nov, 2018 john ferling has nearly forty years of experience as a historian of early america.
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