The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 386 pages and is available in paperback format. David mccullough tells steve inskeep about his new book 1776. Americas beloved and distinguished historian presents, in a book of breathtaking excitement, drama, and narrative force, the stirring story of the year of our nations birth, 1776, interweaving, on both sides of the atlantic, the actions and decisions that led great britain to undertake a war against her rebellious colonial subjects and that placed americas survival in the hands of george. In this masterful book, david mccullough tells the intensely human story of those who marched with general george washington in the year of the declaration of independence when the whole american cause was riding on their success, without which all hope for independence would have been dashed and the noble ideals of the declaration would have amounted to little more than words on. By david mccullough 1776 42405 david mccullough on. By focusing on this single year, as opposed to the entire war, mccullough is able to dissect more minutely the individual battles, turning points, specific leaders, and the result is one of the most humanistic depictions of george washington ive ever read.
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