Patrick Henry: Voice of the Revolution

by Amy Kukla, Jon Kukla, Benjamin Becker (Narrator)

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First published January 1, 2002

Reviews

[Dreamergirl · Rating 3 out of 5]

I read this book a few hours ago and have very mixed opinions about it... First some happenings could have been given more emphasis (like the Liberty or Death speech), while others could have went deeper into his beliefs and who he actually was as a person. I don't know if the authors maybe didn't have enough material to write more about his personal life, though I'm not sure that's the case since the first few chapters about his childhood had me so hooked to his personality and than as his story unfolded he was only made into a person we see off in the distance without even understanding who he is and with no 3-D description. It could also be that the authors themselves didn't understand what they were truly writing about or didn't care about Henry himself because some parts had such soul they made me cry, while others were just thrown facts or scrambled eggs as I call them :) It had a lot of ends that had me hanging and asking myself what I've just read (even though this is a 100 paged read to fully swallow it I had to read it in about 2 whole hours) Somehow it's more about the things that happened during the revolution than a biography. I was more interested in the other important people than Patrick himself which was rather amusing. What I loved in this book were the illustrations, they made me feel as if I was right there in the 1770s. I also liked the documents that were put in a few times along the way... I would recommend but it wouldn't help if you want to read a true biography about him- only for a bit of history that will stay with you if you have to memorize it...

Interest level: Medium
Reading level: Easy-medium
Links: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XvJrSd...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=24ECqW...