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A Leap in the Dark: The Struggle to Create the American Republic

19 reviews
John Ferling

Oxford University Press, USA, 2004

Full of verve, wit, and truth
"A Leap in the Dark" is one of the finest one-volume histories of the War of Independence on shelves today! John Ferling is a truly balanced historian, eschewing the quasi-Marxist tendencies of Howard Zinn's treatment of the Revolution in his "People's History of the United States" while also avoiding the opposite temptation to delve into triumphalism, as seen in "A Patriot's History of the ...

Setting the World Ablaze: Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and the American Revolution

18 reviews
John Ferling

Oxford University Press, USA, 2002

history you can enjoy.
this is a historical work on the american revolution that revolves principally around the figures of washington, jefferson, and john adams. it a book the casual reader can delight in, filled with lively prose and a narrative thrust missing so much in other historical works. a highly recommended read for anyone interested in the american revolution.

Struggle for a Continent: The Wars of Early America (American History Series)
John E. Ferling

Harlan Davidson, 1993

America's origins are inextricably linked to warfare. In Struggle for a Continent, John Ferling tells the complex story of conquest and survival not only in the encounters between European settlers and the native peoples of North America, but also the North American wars among the great powers of Europe to win hegemony in America. While Professor Ferling's unflinching narrative recounts the heroism, anguish, valor, terror, treachery, and ...

John Adams: A Life

34 reviews
John E. Ferling

American Political Biography Press, 1997

A complete look at his life
By the last page of this book you'll feel like you personally know John Adams. You'll know what drove him to succeed, his stregths, his weaknesses, his personality and most everything that can be known about a person. As a detailed and thorough look at the life of a man, this biography is superb.

The First of Men: A Life of George Washington

5 reviews
John E. Ferling

University of Tennessee Press, 1989

Well-Balanced and Informative
This book was an assigned text in one of my college classes, and that's how I came to read it. I originally wanted to read Flexner's or Randall's biography of Washington, but Ferling's version didn't disappoint me. What struck me about this biography is its objectivity. Ferling neither romanticizes about Washington as a demi-god, nor does he try to debase him. In the first hundred pages or so, ...

The Loyalist Mind: Joseph Galloway and the American Revolution
John E. Ferling

Pennsylvania State Univ Pr, 1977

Almost a Miracle: The American Victory in the War of Independence

31 reviews
John Ferling

Oxford University Press, USA, 2007

Good Book
I really enjoy reading this book. I learned a lot about our country history. I agree with the author we were lucky to win the war. I found that I could not use the Table of content to go to the chapters. I've used that before to go to chapters in other books for the Kindle. Since the chapters in this book are really long ones suggest you bookmark each time you come to a new chapter. Makes ...

Adams vs. Jefferson: The Tumultuous Election of 1800 (Pivotal Moments in American History)

36 reviews
John Ferling

Oxford University Press, USA, 2005

Fun to read
This is a splendid book that not only covers the personalities and the election, it breathes enough life into it to make it all fun. This is a breeze to read yet very informative. I will be reading more books by Ferling.

Almost a Miracle
John E. Ferling

Oxford Univ Pr, 2007

The World Turned Upside Down: The American Victory in the War of Independence (Contributions in Military ...

Greenwood Press, 1988

The World Turned Upside Down is a collection of original essays dealing with various aspects of the American victory in the War of Independence. Each contributor, through examination of a particular topic, attempts to explain why the American colonists won the war, or why Great Britain lost. Reflecting the benefits of the impressive scholarship of the past fifty years, the objective of the essays is not only to synthesize the disparate strands ...

A Leap in the Dark
John E. Ferling

Oxford Univ Pr, 2004

Almost a Miracle
John E. Ferling

Oxford Univ Pr, 2007

A Leap in the Dark
John E. Ferling

Oxford Univ Pr, 2004

A Wilderness of Miseries: War and Warriors in Early America (Contributions in Military Studies)
John E. Ferling

Greenwood Press, 1980

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