Prelude to Glory, Vol. 7: The Impending Storm

Prelude to Glory #7

by Ron Carter

Prelude to Glory, Volume 7- The impending storm.

Genres: Historical Fiction, Historical, Fiction, Lds, Lds Fiction, Religion, Novels

540 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2003

About the author

Ron Carter (1932-2008) was born in Salt Lake City and reared in Twin Falls, Idaho. He served received a bachelor’s degree in industrial management from Brigham Young University. He received a juris doctor degree in 1962 after attending the law schools at George Washington University and the University of Utah. Recently he has been a research and writing director for the Superior Court system of Los Angeles County, California. He published his first work in 1988.

Ron is married to LaRae Dunn Carter of Boise, Idaho, and they are the parents of nine children. The family resides in Park City, Utah.

Reviews

[Leslie Lamb · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is about how the war is over and the men must go back to their home and their lives as they once knew them. The problem is, the money and land that was promised the Continental Army for winning is no where to be found. They were given a small amount of money and that is all. They find that their homes are struggling. Paper money is worthless because the people printed it out at will. People are doing jobs and trading it for food since no hard money is available. Mathew, Caleb, and Billy come together to work in the merchant Buisness. Eli comes into some money from his late wife Mary. He donates it to the merchant business and asks them to take care of his daughter Laura should anything ever happen to him.

[John Worthington · Rating 4 out of 5]

I started reading this series with 85 year old father. We read 6 volumes together and 3/4 of this book. He passed away Dec 2017 and it took me until Oct 2018 to finish the book. It was sad not being able to read with him. He loved this series.

This book demonstrates that all was not well after winning the revolutionary war. States didn't cooperate with each other, money had triple digit inflation, and Soldiers were still owed pay. The author continue to follow the beloved characters and finally brings happieness to two characters (no spoiler here!)

Read the series for stories from the Revolutionary War and after the War that you probably don't know.

[Becky · Rating 3 out of 5]

This series does well at a review of history and I have learned things from it. It is poor in the character development of the fictional people. This book even totally cut out Kathleen’s siblings, they had slowly been set aside and not even included much in the last book, but they were dropped in this one. I also feel like the time line of the fictional people isn’t very good. Events are mentioned and passed over too quickly or take years to resolve and almost are forgotten. I feel like the author is trying to rush through and cover as much of history as possible but forgot about his fictional characters.

[Gail · Rating 5 out of 5]

Series continues to be wonderful - the experiences for the poor soldiers returning home from war - not paid, having to fight Americans for food/land and to survive. A government that doesn't know how to function and fighting within and different agendas by each individual state, congress full of politicians with their own agenda. Reading this has made me feel we have gone full circle now, our government today is just like it was at the beginning. Scary...where are we headed???

[Rex Cluff · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mr. Carter handled this period of history with insightful fiction to show how the turmoil and trauma of this period of history impacted their lives. It was well handled. I'm learning so much about the details of the revolution from these volumes. I'm grateful for the historic research that is included in the stories.

[Doug · Rating 1 out of 5]

A book so poorly written on a dull subject that it took me a year to finish it. Bad dialogue. Repetitive plot. Extraneous adjectives and descriptions. Meandering narrative. Directionless plot. Monotone characters. Repetitive questions by all the characters when delivering their inner thoughts. Just no.

[Leslie · Rating 5 out of 5]

The 7th volume of Prelude to Glory about the years right after the Revolutionary War where there was not a unity between the 13 colonies and they fought between states. What a sad time to win the war then come to fighting among those you stood and fought with in the war.

[Danni · Rating 4 out of 5]

these books are amazing.

[Teri · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great series! And highly recommend!

[Ralph · Rating 3 out of 5]

3 stars for being over abridged. 4 stars otherwise.

[Hilaree · Rating 4 out of 5]

Way up there, like after #6

[Jake · Rating 5 out of 5]

Jake Hecht
3rd Period

I recently read the 6th book in the series, The World Turned Upside Down. This was a book I had been wanting to read for the past few months, since I read the last book. This book if very comprehensive in the way it describes the events of the revolutionary war. The World Turned Upside Down takes place just before the End of the Revolutionary war. The book goes through the thoughts of many characters, included in those are Matthew Dunson, Billy Weems, and George Washington.

The main conflicts in this story is that the army can't be paid so they have to stay at Yorktown for a while, and the other main conflict is that America money isn't worth anything, so everyone is becoming poor. When the soldiers are finally sent home, they are promised they will be paid for their services. That solves the problem of the soldiers being kept out on duty, but the problem of Americans being poor probably won't be solved until the next book.

Near the end of the book Matthew and Billy go out on a limb and purchase a shipping company using their soldiers pay promises. The main thing Matthew and Billy learn is percervierence and the ability to overcome challenges.

The setting of this story, just after the Revolutionary war has come to an end, puts Matthew and Billy in a tough situation. They are just getting home after about 9 years of being a soldier, and are struggling to get accustomed to normal life. There family's are poverty stricken, and there is nothing they can do. They decide they would rather do something than sit around and be mad about their life, so they buy the shipping company.

The symbol of this story is the life of the Revolution. Americans know they can't keep taking crap from the British, so they start a war. Even after the wars over, the Americans still have that spirit. It is this spirit of hope that keeps Americans going. But just because they have a hope, an idea, doesn't mean that idea won't be changed or affected.

After the war, America is on the brink of collapsing, and, as the title states, there is an impending storm. I would recommend this book for anyone who likes action, or historical fiction, since this book is place back in the time of the Revolution. If you think history is boring, this book probably isn't for you.

[Cheryl · Rating 4 out of 5]

This seventh volume in the Prelude to Glory series focuses on the details of the final skirmishes of the Revolutionary War following Yorktown and the peace treaty with Great Britain. It gives a lot of information about the financial disaster that the end of the war left for the colonies and the tenuous situation our young country faced under the Articles of Confederation. Ends with the troubles that led to Shay's Rebellion and the call of the colonies to meet to create a different form of government than the colonies had been functioning under since the Pilgrims and others lived under since their arrival on this continent. A lot of great information on this period of the American history.

[Jenifer · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved reading this whole series because it allowed me to learn much more about our countries beginnings than I ever learned in school--but I enjoyed it this time. A fictional family and their friends make the journey through the revolutionary war and on into the establishment of the United States government and the rough economic times that followed the war. Book 9 jumps ahead in time to the war of 1812.

[Josh · Rating 4 out of 5]

Once I started this series I couldn't stop. I find it fascinating that the U.S. ever made it past the colonial stages with all of the hardships endured and the victorious battles. I suppose I didn't pay much attention in History class, but I never knew that Benedict Arnold was such a bad ass! (prior to selling out his country)

[Kathi Salter · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a 9 book historical fiction series about the Revolutionary War. It is written very well. His writing style is very similar to Gerald Lund's writing style. It gave me even greater respect for our Founding Fathers and all the brave men and women that helped to give us the freedoms we enjoy today. Don't forget to read the footnotes for interesting information.

[Dan · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fun series with a great mix of well researhed history of the US Revolutionary War (with footnotes) and fictional personal items to bring the story to life. The fictional characters are well placed to bring the story out.

[Kristen Weller · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was a very interesting look at what happened after the Revolution. The war is far from over because now the country has to learn how to be the "United" States. I'm a sucker for history, so this fascinated me.

[Ann · Rating 4 out of 5]

Details of the ending of the war, men returning home without having been paid, struggles to unify the colonies all contribute to greater understanding of the transition from revolution to a new nation.

[Kira · Rating 5 out of 5]

This series was so amazing to help me grasp the feel for the Revolutionary War.

[Amanda C]

This series if wonderful if you are into revolutionary war era history. Ron Carter's style is very intense--he give extensive detail making scenes come to life. I have loved this entire series!

[Claire]

the same

[Adam Hansen · Rating 4 out of 5]

I really enjoyed this series, but couldn't get into volume 8 and never did finish. One day maybe.

[Justin Metcalf · Rating 3 out of 5]

It took me weeks and weeks to finish this volume. It's worth it though to learn what happened after the war was over.

[Francie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great series. Very much enjoyed it.

[Kristin · Rating 3 out of 5]

a little repetitive. Interesting to learn about the challenges faced after the war.

[Brett Hinton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Enjoyed the book. Less history and more about the fictional characters in this one but still some neat historical insight