Reviews

1776 by David McCullough

threehourzsleep's review

adventurous challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing medium-paced

4.75

a_reader_of_book's review

adventurous informative inspiring fast-paced

3.5

benjamez's review

adventurous challenging hopeful informative inspiring reflective tense slow-paced

4.0

hilary_weckstein's review

3.0

I am generally a big David McCullough fan but this was my least favorite book. This is a book focused on 3 military battles from the Revolutionary War. I'm more a fan of political history so it hard for me to get through. I imagine if you like military strategy/history books you will enjoy this book. It does provide an interesting portrayal of Washington as an inexperienced and flawed Commander-In-Chief.

jess_mango's review

3.0

I read this for a bookclub. I am not sure that I would've read it otherwise--- historical non-fiction that focuses on war is generally not something that I enjoy. This book had a few parts that interested me, particularily that first part of the book which took place in the Boston area. The book seemed to jump around from person to person and location to location a lot. It could've used a bit more focus in my opinion.

bgoldber88's review

informative slow-paced

3.5

almostindigo's review

adventurous informative slow-paced

3.0

krisgagne's review

informative slow-paced

3.75

brehop's review

informative slow-paced

1.0

qjbrown96's review against another edition

5.0

Absolutely loved this book. McCullough’s narrative skills are very good and keeps you engaged. I also didn’t think a book of only a few hundred pages would have enough material for me to learn stuff that I don’t already know but I was quite wrong. He shows tons of diary scripts from both American and British soldiers to show you exactly how they felt and what happened. I always enjoy history straight from a historical figure’s hand. He was also very descriptive on battle scenes to give more enlightenment on how terrible war really is.