Scars of Independence: America's Violent Birth MG_Gift_Guide and why this extraordinary work

and why this extraordinary work should be acknowledged as one of the chief literary landmarks of the twentieth century

When the wrongs of the past collide with the ghosts of the present

but it also took me on sidetrips

author of We’re Not Broken: Changing the Autism Conversation

Scars of Independence: America's Violent Birth MG_Gift_Guide and why this extraordinary workA NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW EDITORS' CHOICE A magisterial new work that rewrites the story of America's founding The American Revolution is often portrayed as an orderly, restrained rebellion, with brave patriots defending their noble ideals against an oppressive empire. Its a stirring narrative, and one the founders did their best to encourage after the war. But as historian Holger Hoock shows in this deeply researched and elegantly written account