Kenneth C. Davis: A Nation Rising

[Leonardo Noto]

A Nation Rising, by Kenneth C. Davis. A look at the period b/t the American Revolution and the Civil War as told through the stories of six important, but largely forgotten, Americans. It is a lefty slanted book, but very good nonetheless. Highly recommend.

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[Polly Parrot]

Any chance you could elaborate on your assessment of this book?

 

[Leonardo Noto]

Sure

The author essentially chronicals the lives of six lesser-known Americans and uses their stories to tell the history of the ~50yrs b/t the end of the Adam's presidency (the first one, John Adams) and the beginning of the Civil War. For instance, he uses the story of Aaron Burr to examine the history during Thomas Jefferson's presidency, a story which turns out to be a lot more interesting than "he was Vice President; shot Alexander Hamilton in a duel." The book has a leftist slant in that it doesn't portray early American's in quite as glorified a light as most history books do, perhaps dwelling more on the less-than-pleasant aspects such as slaughtering Native Americans and slavery, and less on the aspects that Americans would like to remember, such as rugged individualism and pioneering modern democracy.

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