Reviews for William Few a Founding Father: A Biographical Perspective of Early American History Volume II

The average rating for William Few a Founding Father: A Biographical Perspective of Early American History Volume II based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-09-24 00:00:00 Bob Bargo It's very rare that I give up on a book, but after 100 pages I had to close this one and return it to the shelf. The author's writing is not riveting and he veers off at times on tangents that takes him pages to get through. The author obviously has much information obtained from his own reasearch to provide regarding his topic and he is also obviously bound to provide it to the reader, no matter how tenuous its link to Abraham Lincoln. The chapters seemed to me to be nothing more than a series of lectures on how Lincoln was a God-fearing man. A very disappointing book after considering the blurbs of recommendation provided on the book jacket by significant Lincoln scholars. A much better book on the topic of Lincoln's religious evolution is "Lincoln's Battle with God."

Review # 2 was written on 2010-03-28 00:00:00 Andrew Davies Former New Jersey Governor James McGreevey's "The Confession" shares the one time rising star's tortured struggle with his sexuality. A fast read, Mr. McGreevey effectively paints a picture of New Jersey's byzantine political scene at the turn of the twenty-first century. In a way, the memoir serves as a "mea culpa" to all those he deceived during the course of his career. Recommended reading.