Jane Hampton Cook
Autor(a) de Battlefields And Blessings V2-Revolutionary War(Stories of Faith and Courage (Battlefields & Blessings)
Obras por Jane Hampton Cook
Battlefields And Blessings V2-Revolutionary War(Stories of Faith and Courage (Battlefields & Blessings) (2007) 82 exemplares
American Phoenix: John Quincy and Louisa Adams, the War of 1812, and the Exile that Saved American Independence (2013) 82 exemplares
Battlefields And Blessings Iraq/Afghanistan( Stories of Faith and Courage (Battlefields & Blessings) (2009) 32 exemplares
American Revolutionary War History: America's Star Spangled Story: Celebrating 200 years of the National Anthem in FULL… (2014) 4 exemplares
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This book had many flaws: (1) The writing was often atrocious: Why didn't he ask Madison to hold the seat open until he could return the following year? The possibility squeezed his principles as tightly as Louisa's preterm contractions wrenched her womb. (2) The timeline in the last section was completely fractured, repeatedly jumping forward and backward in time and place for both Louisa and John, so that it was too tedious and annoying to track what was really going on. (3) Charles and Kitty were basically MIA from most of the narrative, even though I think they were there every day.
However, with the exception of the absence of Charles and Kitty, the story was told in just the right amount of detail. I liked the author's brief and always relevant explanations of historical context (e.g., the Orders of Council), I liked her feel for the Adams's day-to-day life in St. Petersburg, I liked her detailed sourcing. This book helped me understand why Monroe and Jefferson got into so much debt while serving as foreign ministers, now that I see the social expectations Adams had to resist. And I have a much, much better feel for how the wars of Napoleon were related to the War of 1812. The book was definitely worth my time, but I wish it had been better written/edited.… (mais)
However, with the exception of the absence of Charles and Kitty, the story was told in just the right amount of detail. I liked the author's brief and always relevant explanations of historical context (e.g., the Orders of Council), I liked her feel for the Adams's day-to-day life in St. Petersburg, I liked her detailed sourcing. This book helped me understand why Monroe and Jefferson got into so much debt while serving as foreign ministers, now that I see the social expectations Adams had to resist. And I have a much, much better feel for how the wars of Napoleon were related to the War of 1812. The book was definitely worth my time, but I wish it had been better written/edited.… (mais)
I really liked this book. It did not hit on every president our country has seen but it did hit on the ones that were around when specific new technology came into play. I would really love to use this during a social studies lesson. Not only did it tell about the different technology that has helped us get to know our presidents, but it also gave many fun facts that would be great for students to know, and would probably help them enjoy the story more.
Great look at how media technologies have impacted history.
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- Obras
- 10
- Membros
- 346
- Popularidade
- #69,043
- Avaliação
- 3.8
- Críticas
- 5
- ISBN
- 19
I enjoyed the book and the focus on the people of the events.