[warsaw44]

A couple summers ago when I was working in a coin / collectibles shop I met a high school history teacher. He was on our side and I enjoyed talking with him about Boston and the American Revolution.

He had never heard of Forbes and as luck would have it I had a copy and just gave it to him. I'll bet he enjoyed it as much as we did. Her sections on Pope Night in Boston alone is worth the read.

Have never read Hogeland but have heard him from time to time on the radio. I thought he was slightly nuts.

[gusopol3]

The interesting thing about Hogeland is that he really can't beat the material. He sleuths an unexamined process that was occurring during the time frame covered in American Scripture but in the end seems unconvinced himself that he's really found much, or at least that's my impression. He does do a really good job of evoking the revolutionary spirit of the times , though, which I think is often not portrayed when the history is presented in textbooks. The Revolution was very much going on in the streets as well as in the State House or House of Burgesses.