Book 661: George vs. George

George vs. George, by Rosalyn Schanzer, National Geographic, 2007.

I bought this book for my fourth-grade son, but the book looked so darn intriguing I had to read it first. 

I spend five years, from age 10 to age 15, living in England. In History class in England, we covered the "Rebellion" in about a day.  It meant the loss of some colonies with a mostly criminal element to the British.  Of course, to the Americans, it was the forming of a new country -- our country. 

This book doesn't romanticize the war or gloss over some of the barbaric performed by both sides.  It does show Washington as a hero, but it also shows the humanity of George III.