1776 by David Willis McCullough (2005)

David McCullough is one of the nicest people you could ever meet. His conversational delivery is excellent and very engaging. He is someone that you can listen to for hours. He is very good at answering questions. He is both polite and and informative.

The good news; he writes as well or better than his personal appearances.

Read his books on Truman and Adams. They are the best.

A top knotch author-excellent research and perspective of the era. David McCullough's voice is Americana- an audio blanket of red -white and blue.
Well produced-10 cds unabridged for hours of listening pleasure.
Recommended!

The story was very interesting and accurate. It covers a pivotal time in our history that is rushed over in school. I'd recommend this to anyone that loves history

This is a great introduction to the time period of 1776, a block of time that should be required knowledge for all those who claim to be American. This book needs to be required reading in all schools. It's written from Washington's perspective, using predominantly letters written to his wife. It shows the trials and overwhelming obstacles he faced on a near daily basis in forming, training, equipping, and motivating our first colonial army. It will give the reader a new appreciation for the price that some have paid so that others can pursue 'life, liberty, and... happiness.'

I had enjoyed McCollough's biography of John Adams so this was a natural pick. I found it very well written with much research and great use of quotations from those involved in the Revolutionary War. I was surprised by what General Washington went through and how thoroughly he was criticized. I guess I thought that it would have been much different than nowadays in that area.

Thi is not deep history,or very original. But that's not what McCullough intends. Instead, he is writing a poignant, beautifully narrated account of the harrowing conditions faced by the rag-tag army that was set the task of fighting the first year of the War of Independence. The central figure, of course, is Washington. McCullough, without any ax-grinding or patriotic flummery, dramatically conveys how much we owe to the fortitude and courage of Washington and a few other skilled leaders as they persisted in rousing their reluctant troops into truly heroic action on behalf of a truly noble cause.