Has anyone read the book "A Rise to Rebellion"? If so, thoughts?

[Maceman]

My high school-aged daughter has been assigned this book for a summer reading assignment.

I'm interested in some opinions about it from anyone who has read it.

Thanks.

[WayneS]

The movie Gettysburg is actually based on his father's book, Killer Angels.

[Maceman]

I must have been the only one but I actually thought the British Soldiers were innocent and the Americans guilty.

Well, as their defense counsel, John Adams did win an acquittal for the British soldiers.

[Maceman]

Better yet, where did you find him?

See my post #19 below. It applies to you as well.

[Dacula]

I have tried to send you my personal information to the email address that you provided, it redirects me to a Nigerian website.

How series are you about this ‘special’ clarence? This could be a hugh deal.

I look forward to your reponse.

[Hot Tabasco]

See my post #19 below. It applies to you as well.

Well it shouldn't have since my question was directed to Islander and HIS comment.........

Maybe he wasn't so far off base after all..........

[MacNaughton]

23 I must have been the only one but I actually thought the British Soldiers were innocent and the Americans guilty.

Well, as their defense counsel, John Adams did win an acquittal for the British soldiers.

Somewhere along the way I heard/read that some of the soldiers who fired upon the Bostonians owed them money. Supposedly the Bostonians packed their "dirty" snowballs with oyster shells before pelting the 9 British soldiers.

[wgmalabama]

+1. I loved the book. It is not a liberal BS revisionist history lesson. Makes you want to rise against the current fedgov kings.

[bjc]

You are in good company. John Adams thought so too.

[AnAmericanMother]

Jury thought so too.

It was an interesting trial, if you like that sort of thing. John Adams did a great job for the defense, both in the courtroom and in pleadings (like separating the mens' trials from the officer's - a stroke of genius).

His summation was brilliant - blamed it on "outside agitators" from Framingham (Crispus Attucks was from there) and played up the deathbed statement of one of the deceased (who said that he should have known better than to hang around because he was from Ireland and he had never seen troops stand more before they fired).

[lee martell]

That may have been a case of uncivil disobedience. I will have to check out some of this author’s books. I like writers who can bring history to life, staying factual, and on chronological tract.

[OneWingedShark]

>> I remember reading about the “Boston Massacre” in 6th grade history. I must have been the only one but I actually thought the British Soldiers were innocent and the Americans guilty.
>
> You are in good company. John Adams thought so too.

John Adams also defended the soldiers and secured an acquittal for them.

[Georgia Girl 2]

Hopefully its not the one where the Muslims contributed significantly to the formation of the Republic. :-)

[MNJohnnie]

It’s an excellent book.

[Sergio]

Order from Amazon bookmark.

[GeronL]

The assignment came from what class? literature? ethics? please tell me it’s not “history”

[Hiddigeigei]

          Not exactly apropos to the question about "A Rise to Rebellion", but perhaps the most interesting book I have read on the American Revolution was Baroness Frederika Riedesel’s Letters and Journals relating to the War of the American Revolution and the Capture of the German Troops at Saratoga (http://pds.lib.harvard.edu/pds/view/2581667). It also can be bought from Amanzon.
          She was the wife of the German General commanding the German troops fighting on the side of the British. At Saratoga she saw Fraser die. She, her husband, and their small children were taken prisoner.
          She knew Burgoyne (whom she didn’t care for), met Gates and Schuyler (whom she said was very kind), the Washingtons, Jefferson, et c. She showed more understanding of the American desire for freedom than any of the British and said the Americans were “natural born soldiers and could shoot very well.”
          She also mentioned that a lot of her husbands troops decided to stay in the United States.

[Islander2]

Your reasoning is so convincing that unfortunately it makes me stand down from this inquiry.
On a lighter note, I don’t know what your mission in life is nor how you make/made a living, but if it is/was not as a comedy writer you have missed your calling.

[Islander2]

[How series are you about this ‘special’ clarence? This could be a hugh deal.]
In parshul defence of Dracula (of whom I know nothing worthwile) I think he prolly wants to get more fax befour he exposes his until now unknown reesining.