... very heart of the Continental and British Armies, as well as the people on the top, like King George III as well as George Washington and crew, McCullough makes the story of the American Revolution both intensely human and passionate. The soldiers of both the British and the Continental armies are given strong backgrounds that show both sides as human, as ... for music a good eye for art avidly collected books" (5) the list goes on. Much of this stuff seems irrelevant to the whole of the story, but McCullough wanted readers to understand that beyond the quotes about tearing down the reb...

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• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... people who are interested in the United States historical events that had major influence on today's state of the country. Thus, the intended audience is wide. This book tells the story of the extreme challenges General Washington faced trying to get rag-tag army together in 1776. It also describes the sacrifices early countrymen had to make. 1776 is mainly a military ... ordinary soldiers(lambasted contemptuously as "rabble " and "country people " by the British, upper class Loyalists, and even fellow American patriots) the revolution would have failed. In this spirit McCulloch extensi...

• Word Count: 720
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate