Washington and His Comrades in Arms: A Chronicle of the War of Independence

Chronicles of America #12

by George MacKinnon Wrong, Allen Johnson (Editor)

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112 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1918

About the author

George MacKinnon Wrong, FRSC was a Canadian clergyman and historian. A believer in the historian's moral duty to interpret the past for society's present needs, Wrong viewed Canadian history in terms of the country's British and French origins, and the American presence. As a teacher, administrator, writer and a moving force in the early days of the Canadian Historical Association, he helped to provide an intellectual base for a developing Canadian nationality. In 1896-97 he founded the Review of Historical Publications Relating to Canada (since 1920 The Canadian Historical Review) and in 1905 he co-founded the Champlain Society. He wrote numerous monographs and texts on Canadian history, the best being A Canadian Manor and Its Seigneurs (1908). Formal in habit and something of an anglophile in taste, Wrong influenced a generation of students.

Reviews

[Shannon · Rating 3 out of 5]

I don't typically enjoy non-fiction. This book was a little dry with many facts (places, times and people), but I still found it interesting. I think I would have enjoyed it more if I had actually been to some of these places and had an idea of the layout of the area, but I have never been anywhere near this area, and found it difficult to picture the movements of armies, etc. I enjoyed the insights to the philosophies and feelings of the time in both the colonies and in Great Britain. History in school never gave me as much insight into the revolution as did this book. An example of this, I knew Benedict Arnold became a traitor to the Revolutionists later in the war, but never knew what exactly happened and what his motives might have been. It is sad how little we learn of the American revolution; the founding of the United Sates of America, and the plight of the colonists at the time of the revolution. I think a book of this sort should be required reading for all children in the U.S. before they graduate high school.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was a overview of the war, not really about Washington. It was an okay overview, but not amazing.