Rough Crossings by Simon Schama Summary Review
Did Britain Truly Offer Freedom, or Was It Just Another Form of Betrayal? Simon Schama’s ‘Rough Crossings’ Forces a Painful … Read more
American Revolution
Common Sense by Thomas Paine Book Review: The 1776 Pamphlet That Sold 500,000 Copies
Do you ever wonder why a simple 47-page pamphlet written over 250 years ago still holds the power to make … Read more
Mrs. Benedict Arnold Book: Unveiling the Scandalous Truth of a Ruined Heroine
Did you ever wonder why you feel a strange pull toward the villains of history, or why the women standing … Read more
Rage and the Republic: Best Book on America’s Democratic Survival
Why does politics sometimes feel like it’s become a permanent street-fight—and what if the American Revolution left us an actual … Read more
The Escapes of David George Explained: Freedom’s Dark Revolution
Why do we keep telling the American Revolution as a clean “freedom story” when nearly half a million enslaved people … Read more
Ken Burns’ The American Revolution Book: Why This Intimate History is the Most Crucial Read of 2025
The American Revolution: An Intimate History by Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns tackles the quiet but dangerous problem so … Read more