Whirlwind

The American Revolution and the War That Won It

Ranked #90 in American Revolution

Amid a great collection of scholarship and narrative history on the Revolutionary War and the American struggle for independence, there is a gaping hole; one that John Ferling's latest book, Whirlwind, will fill. Books chronicling the Revolution have largely ranged from multivolume tomes that appeal to scholars and the most serious general readers to microhistories that necessarily gloss over swaths of Independence-era history with only cursory treatment.

Written in Ferling's engaging and narrative-driven style that made books like Independence and The Ascent of...
more

Similar Books

If you like Whirlwind, check out these similar top-rated books:


Learn: What makes Shortform summaries the best in the world?