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S'està carregant… Being George Washington: The Indispensable Man, as You've Never Seen Him (2011)de Glenn Beck
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Apunta't a LibraryThing per saber si aquest llibre et pot agradar. No hi ha cap discussió a Converses sobre aquesta obra. Only halfway through, but absolutely a great book. Chapters so exciting, you don't want to put it down. I really like how GW's character and that of his adversaries is captured. Also enjoy the unfolding of how we came to know him. ( ) This book was incredibly, incredibly bizarre. I previously reviewed [b:Killing Lincoln|10587120|Killing Lincoln The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever|Bill O'Reilly|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1317793681s/10587120.jpg|15494456] and [b:Killing Kennedy|13538641|Killing Kennedy The End of Camelot|Bill O'Reilly|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1337689366s/13538641.jpg|19100984] and found both books interesting and informative. I thought the style was somewhat simplistic, but overall they were interesting and decent starting grounds for people who want to look deeper into history. This book, however? It didn't even really serve that purpose. It was just... very, very strange. [b:Being George Washington|12262732|Being George Washington|Glenn Beck|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1348994660s/12262732.jpg|17237703] wanted to be a biography while also wanting to be a legitimate history book, political history, and a self-help book. It wanted to prove that Washington was religious while also wanting to show how Washington bettered himself by simply being civil and persistent. Essentially? It wanted to be way too many things. I think an editor needs to go at this book with a machete, restructure it, and find out where the book wants to live. I think the purpose of the book would overall be better served if it simply rested comfortably in the arms of a dramatic narrative such as [b:Killing Lincoln|10587120|Killing Lincoln The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever|Bill O'Reilly|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/books/1317793681s/10587120.jpg|15494456] did. I think the book would be better served by relying on primary documents without editorial asides trying to emphasize Christianity over Deism or any other religious point of view. Just... it was a bit like reading through someone's scribbled notes in a textbook this way. Sense ressenyes | afegeix-hi una ressenya
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Combining biography and Washington's own writings with his own comments and sidebars, Beck explores our nation's first president and describes how Washington's beliefs and values--beliefs and values which united a country in an age even more fractious than our own--are especially important to remember today. No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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Google Books — S'està carregant… GèneresClassificació Decimal de Dewey (DDC)973.4History and Geography North America United States Constitutional period (1789-1809)LCC (Clas. Bibl. Congrés EUA)ValoracióMitjana:
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