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Title: My American Revolution
Subtitle: Crossing the Delaware and I-78
Author: Robert Sullivan
Narrator: Mike Chamberlain
Format: Unabridged
Length: 11 hrs and 28 mins
Language: English
Release date: 09-25-12
Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 10 votes
Genres: History, American
Publisher's Summary:
In My American Revolution, Robert Sullivan investigates the true history of the crossing of the Delaware, its down-home reenactment each year for the past half a century, and - toward the end of a personal odyssey that involves camping in New Jersey backyards, hiking through lost "mountains", and eventually some physical therapy - he evacuates illegally from Brooklyn to Manhattan by handmade boat.
He recounts a Brooklyn historian's failed attempt to memorialize a colonial Maryland regiment; a tattoo artist's more successful use of a colonial submarine, which resulted in his 2007 arrest by the New York City police and the FBI; and last but not least, along New York harbor, Sullivan re-creates an ancient signal beacon.
Critic Reviews:
"A nostalgic, witty, and always informative topographic retrospective of the sites pertinent to the American Revolution takes
Vogue contributing editor and journalist Sullivan to the action seen by the middle colonies especially - New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey... Sullivan's historic anecdotes form a loose-limbed, irreverent, surprising take on American history." (
Publishers Weekly)
"Readers are sure to learn plenty from [Sullivan's] travels... Tailor-made for trivia lovers and readers who don't mind the scenic route." (
Kirkus Reviews)
"[An] engaging, humorous, and often surprising series of personal reflections upon critical episodes in the birth of a nation. Sullivan combines solid historical knowledge, sensitivity to the physical landscape, and a wry sense of the absurdities inherent in mythmaking to provide a thoroughly enjoyable and original perspective on our revolution." (
Booklist)
Members Reviews:
Random Rants and Walks
Would you try another book from Robert Sullivan and/or Mike Chamberlain?
Yes and no. I would not choose a book written by Robert Sullivan. It was just random thoughts of interest to the author, but not to me. Mike Sullivan lent excitement in his voice to a singularly non interesting book. But the loan did not save the book
What was most disappointing about Robert Sullivans story?
There was no tethered story at all.
Would you listen to another book narrated by Mike Chamberlain?
Yes, there was, at least in his voice, an interest in the meanderings and wanderings of Robert Sullivan's "story." With a real story, he would be very good.
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Title: My American Revolution
Subtitle: Crossing the Delaware and I-78
Author: Robert Sullivan
Narrator: Mike Chamberlain
Format: Unabridged
Length: 11 hrs and 28 mins
Language: English
Release date: 09-25-12
Publisher: Dreamscape Media, LLC
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 10 votes
Genres: History, American
Publisher's Summary:
In My American Revolution, Robert Sullivan investigates the true history of the crossing of the Delaware, its down-home reenactment each year for the past half a century, and - toward the end of a personal odyssey that involves camping in New Jersey backyards, hiking through lost "mountains", and eventually some physical therapy - he evacuates illegally from Brooklyn to Manhattan by handmade boat.
He recounts a Brooklyn historian's failed attempt to memorialize a colonial Maryland regiment; a tattoo artist's more successful use of a colonial submarine, which resulted in his 2007 arrest by the New York City police and the FBI; and last but not least, along New York harbor, Sullivan re-creates an ancient signal beacon.
Critic Reviews:
"A nostalgic, witty, and always informative topographic retrospective of the sites pertinent to the American Revolution takes
Vogue contributing editor and journalist Sullivan to the action seen by the middle colonies especially - New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey... Sullivan's historic anecdotes form a loose-limbed, irreverent, surprising take on American history." (
Publishers Weekly)
"Readers are sure to learn plenty from [Sullivan's] travels... Tailor-made for trivia lovers and readers who don't mind the scenic route." (
Kirkus Reviews)
"[An] engaging, humorous, and often surprising series of personal reflections upon critical episodes in the birth of a nation. Sullivan combines solid historical knowledge, sensitivity to the physical landscape, and a wry sense of the absurdities inherent in mythmaking to provide a thoroughly enjoyable and original perspective on our revolution." (
Booklist)
Members Reviews:
Random Rants and Walks
Would you try another book from Robert Sullivan and/or Mike Chamberlain?
Yes and no. I would not choose a book written by Robert Sullivan. It was just random thoughts of interest to the author, but not to me. Mike Sullivan lent excitement in his voice to a singularly non interesting book. But the loan did not save the book
What was most disappointing about Robert Sullivans story?
There was no tethered story at all.
Would you listen to another book narrated by Mike Chamberlain?
Yes, there was, at least in his voice, an interest in the meanderings and wanderings of Robert Sullivan's "story." With a real story, he would be very good.