Wed, May 20 · 6:30 PM EDT
With this being the 250th anniversary of the U.S. let's read "1776" by David McCullough and then get together to discuss in the park.
Potluck We will make this a potluck event - bring a dish to share (finger foods or if you prefer something else, please also bring plastic wear/plates etc.) Also plan on bringing a camp chair. Note if it’s raining, we can still meet and will gather under a large, covered area with open sides.
Event Fee: $3 per person at each event. This helps offset the meetup fees charged to me as the organizer, now nearly $400 a year.
A reminder about RSVP'ing: Please be considerate to others and don't hold a spot if you are not sure about attending, as changing to a no last minute does not allow people on the waiting list enough time to read the book. I will give priority to regular members with a good attendance record.
*** 1776 - David McCullough: 386 pages (Amazon Rating 4.6, Goodreads 4.1)
America’s beloved and distinguished historian presents, in a book of breathtaking excitement, drama, and narrative force, the stirring story of the year of our nation’s 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 America’s survival in the hands of George Washington.
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 paper.
Based on extensive research in both American and British archives, 1776 is a powerful drama written with extraordinary narrative vitality. It is the story of Americans in the ranks, men of every shape, size, and color; farmers, schoolteachers, shoemakers, no-accounts, and mere boys turned soldiers. And it is the story of the King’s men, the British commander, William Howe, and his highly disciplined redcoats who looked on their rebel foes with contempt and fought with a valor too little known.
Written as a companion work to his celebrated biography of John Adams, David McCullough’s 1776 is another landmark in the literature of American history.
