Comments on: Almost a Miracle by John Ferling http://calitreview.com/272 Book reviews, essays, and author interviews. Sat, 20 Mar 2010 06:21:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Thomas Walch http://calitreview.com/272/comment-page-1#comment-8730 Thomas Walch Sun, 30 Dec 2007 22:44:14 +0000 http://calitreview.com/2007/10/18/almost-a-miracle-by-john-ferling/#comment-8730 This book is a treasure trove of information about our war for independence. Ferling's exhaustive research paints a comprehensive and dramatic picture of the extreme hardships the continental soldiers and the militia men suffered in the conduct of the war. The politics of the era, not so different from today, is unvarnished and the good and bad sides of the principals is examined in depth. I hope that this book and others, such as David McCullouch's 1776 become required reading in high schools and colleges. This book is a treasure trove of information about our war for independence. Ferling’s exhaustive research paints a comprehensive and dramatic picture of the extreme hardships the continental soldiers and the militia men suffered in the conduct of the war. The politics of the era, not so different from today, is unvarnished and the good and bad sides of the principals is examined in depth.

I hope that this book and others, such as David McCullouch’s 1776 become required reading in high schools and colleges.

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