Atkinson commands great powers of description…. Perfect material for a storyteller as masterly as Mr. Atkinson’s book…is chock full of momentous events and larger-than-life characters. It is difficult to imagine any reader putting this beguiling book down without a smile and a tear.” -Joseph J. A powerful new voice has been added to the dialogue about our origins as a people and a nation. The story he tells is designed to rescue the American Revolution from the sentimental stereotypes and bring it to life as an ugly, savage, often barbaric war…. It is as if Ken Burns somehow gained access to a time machine, traveled back to the Revolutionary era, then captured historical scenes on film as they were happening…. He brings with him a Tolstoyan view of war that is, he presumes war can be understood only by recovering the experience of ordinary men and women caught in the crucible of orchestrated violence beyond their control or comprehension…. Historians of the American Revolution take note. “To say that Atkinson can tell a story is like saying Sinatra can sing….
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