The Patriots
Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and the Making of America

Winston Groom wrote In THE PATRIOTS about three extraordinary men, the founding fathers of this great nation, the United States of America. Groom as a master storyteller and novelist delivered stories against the backdrop of the Revolutionary War full of dramatic moments as ideas and events shape th......more

This book was so good – it’s non fiction that reads so easy. The author does an excellent job of bringing the history alive so that the reader feels like they are there with the Revolutionaries as they fight for what will become the United States of America. The book focuses on three of our founding......more

This is the first history I've read by Winston Groom, and it most certainly won't be my last. He wrote thirteen nonfiction books in all. I've read several of his fiction books: Forrest Gump is probably his most famous novel because the film adaptation won several Oscars. When TLC Book Tours invited......more

A biographer has two challenges: to decide what events of his subject's life are notable, and to relate those events well. This volume, which gives brief glimpses into the lives of three of America's Founding Fathers, succeeds in the second, and sometimes goes astray on the first, in my opinion. Mor......more

This book was a very well written history book about three of our founding fathers, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, and John Adams. It gives you a good inside on how the American government was formed. The only problem I found with the book is that it jumps around between characters quite ofte......more