{"id":107,"date":"2007-07-04T13:48:43","date_gmt":"2007-07-04T17:48:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/godandculture.wordpress.com\/2007\/07\/04\/must-reads-for-the-fourth-of-july\/"},"modified":"2007-07-04T13:48:43","modified_gmt":"2007-07-04T17:48:43","slug":"must-reads-for-the-fourth-of-july","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.godandculture.com\/blog\/must-reads-for-the-fourth-of-july","title":{"rendered":"Must Reads for The Fourth of July"},"content":{"rendered":"

I may be a day late and a dollar short, but I wanted to share with you my short list of must read books related to American Independence and the Fourth of July:<\/p>\n

The Radicalism of the American Revolution<\/a><\/em> by Gordon S. Wood. Dr. Wood is Alva O. Way Professor of History at Brown University.\u00a0 The book traces the move of the early American colonies from Monarchy through Republicanism to Democracy. Wood offers a response to the perspective held by most Americans than the American Revolution was not a radical one in the sense of other political and social revolutions.<\/p>\n

Revolutionary Characters: What Made the Founders Different<\/a><\/em>, also by Gordon S. Wood, analyzes the character of the Founding Fathers, revealing what made them unique in history, with the startling claim that their genuis will never be replicated.<\/p>\n

1776<\/a> <\/em>by David McCullough is the most readable history of the American Revolution available. The book takes the reader into the story, making you feel as if you are one of the characters involved in the detail of the action.<\/p>\n

John Adams<\/a><\/em> by David McCullough will help you appreciate the contributions of the most underestimed of our Founding Fathers.<\/p>\n

Read these two authors and you’ll\u00a0develop a deeper appreciation of\u00a0what it means to be an American.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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