Founding Fathers: Uncommon Heroes

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In Founding Fathers Uncommon Heroes you will learn:

-- who kept his wife in a strait-dress in the basement. (p. 131)

-- who introduced waffles, macaroni, and ice cream to the United States. (p. 168)

-- who spontaneously added so help me God to the Presidential oath of office. (p.76)

-- who took daily air-baths in the all-together and who refused to travel with him as a result. (p. 25-27)

-- who emerged from a French and Indian War battle with four bullet holes in his coat and two horses shot out from under him yet remained unharmed? (p. 51)

-- and much, much more

Customer Reviews: Read 9 more reviews...

5 out of 5 stars

Wonderfully done! September 28, 2004
24 out of 41 found this review helpful

Mr. Allen has put together a magnificent work here. The book features 6 subjects: Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, John Adams, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison. Each biography is in the 35 - 40 page range and goes a little deeper than a basic work. Mr. Allen gives the reader the basic information and hits the highlights, but also delves into personal nuances and incidents of each subject.

Each chapter is informative and enjoyable, but Mr. Allen's admiration for Thomas Jefferson shows through. I cannot fault him for that. If I were to commit to such an endeavor, it would surely be slanted toward the greatness of Patrick Henry. I suppose it is most difficult to undertake such a challenge without allowing a certain amount of personal bias to show through.

The final 75 or so pages are filler material that, unlike most filler material, is quite interesting and useful. There is a wonderfully compiled timeline of the lives and major events of the subjects. The book is completed with a wonderful appendix which contains a section where the author debunks some of the myths propagated though the years about some of our founders. Readers wishing to learn more about the founders are sure to find many titles to add to their reading list from the author's endnotes and bibliography.

You will enjoy this unique book and its many anecdotes not often told about these founders. This book would be a tremendous asset for any home-school program.

Monty Rainey
www.juntosociety.com

5 out of 5 stars

A Must Read February 27, 2003
13 out of 17 found this review helpful

My wife and I have both read this really great book.Every American should know this information by heart. It makes us even more proud to be an American and to appreciate what our "Founding Fathers" went through to give us such a wonderful heritage. They were truly dedicated,intelligent men who were willing to sacrifice everything,if need be,in order to get their new nation started on Godly principles.
Our Constitution is as valid today(maybe even more so) as it was when ratified inspite of many court decisions which have tried to change the origional intent of the framers.
We recommend that this book be past of every school's history curriculum

5 out of 5 stars

The best book there is out there. February 17, 2003
10 out of 14 found this review helpful

I Love this book it has so much information to gain form it for such a little cost. I think that everyone should get this book you will learn so much about the leaders that have bulit this county.

5 out of 5 stars

Outstanding! March 28, 2003
9 out of 12 found this review helpful

At last a book that masterfully brings our Founding Fathers to life! Steve Allen has captured both the awe-inspiring and shocking facts about these men and put them into one easy-to-read literary work. I was surprised to discover the daily "air-baths" of Benjamin Franklin, together with his rascally ways of getting the closest seat near the fire. I was also touched by Franklin's resolutions to become a better person. The vision of George Washington to win his battles is unparalled. And I never knew that Patrick Henry had 17 children! A wonderful book!

1 out of 5 stars

INDEPENDENCE IS ONE THING, FREEDOM IS ANOTHER. January 28, 2003
8 out of 47 found this review helpful

Any reader of this book, who would not let blind patriotism erode his or her morality, will refuse to be swayed by the sycophantic elements that greased the book.
Certainly, the "founding fathers" are 'uncommon heroes' of independence. However, when it boils-down to true liberty and justice, they become the exact opposite of 'uncommon heroes': uncommon villains! The fact that they screamed freedom and condoned slavery testified to this point.
It is time that we emancipate our minds, and understand that independence does not always connote freedom and justice.

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