Russell Shorto's work has been praised as "first-rate intellectual
history" (Wall Street Journal), "literary alchemy" (Chicago Tribune)
and simply "astonishing" (New York Times).
In his epic new book, Russell Shorto takes us back to the founding of
the American nation, drawing on diaries, letters and autobiographies to
flesh out six lives that cast the era in a fresh new light. They include
an African man who freed himself and his family from slavery, a
rebellious young woman who abandoned her abusive husband to chart her
own course and a certain Mr. Washington, who was admired for his social
graces but harshly criticized for his often-disastrous military
strategy.
Through these lives we understand that the revolution was fought over
the meaning of individual freedom, a philosophical idea that became a
force for violent change. A powerful narrative and a brilliant defense
of American values, Revolution Song makes the compelling case that the
American Revolution is still being fought today and that its ideals are
worth defending.