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The Men of the Revolution Kindle Edition

by Edwin S. Grosvenor (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Here, from some of America's greatest historians - Richard Ketchum, David McCullough, and Thomas Fleming, among them - are the dramatic stories of men who made the American Revolution: from Samuel Adams to Thomas Paine, Henry Knox to Friedrich von Steuben, John Paul Jones to Benedict Arnold, Lord Cornwallis to Benjamin Franklin.
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0779YB65Q
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ New Word City, Inc.; 1st edition (November 9, 2017)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 9, 2017
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 5988 KB
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 164 pages
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Edwin S. Grosvenor

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Edwin Grosvenor has been the Editor-in-Chief of American Heritage and Invention & Technology Magazines and President of American Heritage Publishing since 2007. He has published ten books and is best known for writing about his great-grandfather, Alexander Graham Bell, including two books and several magazine articles.

Early in his career, Grosvenor worked as a freelance photographer for National Geographic, completing 23 assignments in such countries as Belize, Canada, France, Greece, Iceland, Kenya, Spain, Tonga, Turkey and the U.S.

Grosvenor was President and Editor of Portfolio Magazine, the highest circulation fine arts publication in the U.S. at the time according to the Audit Bureau of Circulation, and a nominee for the National Magazine Award for General Excellence.

Mr. Grosvenor also served as president and editorial director of Hotel Magazine Network, Inc., a publisher of magazines for business travelers with a total circulation of 330,000 copies distributed in the rooms of Marriott and Hyatt hotels.

From 1991 to 1995, Mr. Grosvenor was the publisher of the literary magazine, Current Books, which published such authors as Norman Mailer, Bill Moyers, Garrison Keillor, David McCullough, Anne Tyler, and Vaclav Havel.

Mr. Grosvenor obtained his MBA and his MS (Journalism) degrees from Columbia University, and his BA from Yale University.

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4.2 out of 5 stars
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A nice collection of 22 stand alone chapters
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A nice collection of 22 stand alone chapters
This title showed up on my BookBub email, so i first DLed a sample- which allowed me to read Ch1: Samuel Adams. Then i bought the kindle book as i saw this as one of those books i could pick up when just wanted to read a chapter. 22 chapters by about 8 different authors.After i read more, may upgrade to 5star.
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Tea&BookLover
4.0 out of 5 stars Learned a lot!
Reviewed in the United States on August 25, 2019
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I really enjoyed this book. It's easy to just choose a chapter a day since they're all written by different people. I knew about a lot of the men of course but the chapters that were the most interesting were the men I'd never heard of, like Bernardo de Galvez and Robert Morris. I certainly learned what a great diplomat Benjamin Franklin was in France!

I feel this was a very fair and even handed treatment of the men. Even the chapter on Benedict Arnold made me realize his being a traitor was not such a cut and dry deal. There was a lot that led up to that moment in his life in which he chose to side with the British. Makes you realize no one is all bad or all good; they are human with human frailties, but they sure gave a lot in the war. It truly seems a miracle we won the Revolution after reading accounts like these. I am grateful!
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Betty B.
5.0 out of 5 stars Learn some things new!
Reviewed in the United States on July 29, 2020
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This book is made up of short stories, each of them dedicated to a prominent figure. These people helped form, defend and mold a new nation. I considered myself familiar with American history until I read these accounts.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Great collection of essays by historians
Reviewed in the United States on September 2, 2019
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This is a collection of essays by historians on various figures of the American War of Independence. All well-written and solid essays on a variety of figures: Samuel Adams (the father of the revolution), Joseph Warren, John Wilkes, Israel Putnam, Thomas Gage, George Washington, Thomas Paine, Henry Knox, Frederick MacKenzie, John Hancock, Charles Lee, Nathanael Greene, Friedrich Von Steuben, Lord North, John Paul Jones, George Rogers Clark, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Daniel Morgan, Benedict Arnold, Bernardo De Galvez, and Robert Morris. The only new figure to me was Bernardo De Galvez, but anyone interested in the American War of Independence and the men who were part of it will find this book an excellent read. Yes, there are a number of figures missing (Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Henry, Paul Revere, etc.) but any book must choose what it will cover.
Recommended.
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Tschudi
5.0 out of 5 stars Many Not Remembered
Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2020
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I had never heard of some of these contributors to the birth of our nation. And Grovenor expanded my knowledge of the contributions of many others. Fascinating vignettes. Well worth reading and re-reading.
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charles cook
3.0 out of 5 stars Thumbnail sketches
Reviewed in the United States on September 21, 2019
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Thumbnail sketches of various leaders. Nice but nothing special.
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JoeSmo
4.0 out of 5 stars A nice collection of 22 stand alone chapters
Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2018
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This title showed up on my BookBub email, so i first DLed a sample- which allowed me to read Ch1: Samuel Adams. Then i bought the kindle book as i saw this as one of those books i could pick up when just wanted to read a chapter. 22 chapters by about 8 different authors.

After i read more, may upgrade to 5star.
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JoeSmo
4.0 out of 5 stars A nice collection of 22 stand alone chapters
Reviewed in the United States on March 29, 2018
This title showed up on my BookBub email, so i first DLed a sample- which allowed me to read Ch1: Samuel Adams. Then i bought the kindle book as i saw this as one of those books i could pick up when just wanted to read a chapter. 22 chapters by about 8 different authors.

After i read more, may upgrade to 5star.
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cgm205
5.0 out of 5 stars A great collection of stories for all Americans
Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2019
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I knew Washington, Greene, Arnold, and more but not of men like De Galvez. You'll also learn something new about all of them.
Thanks Mr. Grosvenor for putting this little historical jewel together.
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William M. Wilson
4.0 out of 5 stars Good brief biographies of important men of the American Revolution
Reviewed in the United States on July 13, 2019
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I would retitle the book "Men of the Revolution", dropping "The", as it certainly doesn't cover all the men of note, let alone ALL the men involved in the American Revolution. That said, the brief biographies of notable men on both sides of the revolution are interesting and well-written.
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