Revolutionary Summer

 

I realized a few things while I was reading Outlander book 9. One is that while I love certain parts of history (King Richard III immediately leaps to mind) there are other aspects I know very little about, like the Revolution. I learned the basics in school (a very long time ago) but I really don't know more than that. 

"Revolutionary Summer" by Joseph Ellis is a good introduction to the Revolution and the following war with Great Britain for our independence. He covered a very narrow window of time: part of 1776, without getting too deep into the weeds about how the whole thing came about. It was interesting. Someday I'll get around to reading more about American history, I promise :)