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  • Paperback: 416 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Books; Reprint edition (April 29, 2014)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 014312532X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0143125327
  • Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.9 x 8.4 inches
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5.0 out of 5 starsMasterful and Vivid History
By Peter Harris on April 30, 2013
Format: Hardcover
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Have you ever heard of Dr. Joseph Warren? If you're not a revolutionary war buff, you're to be forgiven if you haven't (at least I hope so, since I'd never heard of him). Warren, a popular doctor and president of the Massachusetts Provincial Congress, is the unsung hero of the American Revolution who quite possibly may have been the revolution's top general and perhaps our first president had he not been shot on Bunker Hill (well technically Breed's Hill, which we learn, is where the battle of Bunker Hill was actually fought), while trying to rally the troops. The fleshing out of Dr. Warren's life and his stomping grounds in and around Boston, are Nathan Philbrick's domain in Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution.

Philbrick has the gift of great historians and writers; that is the ability to see the much chronicled with a depth and creativity that helps us see it with fresh eyes too. David McCullough's John Adams immediately comes to mind, as does Ron Chernow's tour de force biography of George Washington. Nathan Philbrick has done that here, except in this case, the main protagonist is Boston--at the time, the city "known for its love of liberty, its piety, and its prostitutes." Though soon and forever thereafter, it would be known for the bravery of its beleaguered and besieged citizens. Given the recent marathon bombing, the timing of this book's release is a bit eerie.

In Bunker Hill, Philbrick has done a powerful if sometimes painful to read job of recreating vivid battle scenes in and around Boston. What makes this much more than just a lesson in military geography is his well-crafted sense of storytelling and his finely tuned sensitivity to the personal drives behind the individuals making history through war and politics.Read more ›
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4.0 out of 5 starsBoston Strong: 1775
By The Ginger Man VINE VOICE on May 1, 2013
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Bunker Hill is a colorful and exacting history of the Battle for Boston and the events leading to it. Philbrick's strength is in his presentation of a driving, detailed narrative. It focuses on the questions of who, what and when albeit with a bit less emphasis on why.

The Battle of Bunker Hill makes little sense without an understanding of how Boston came to be a city under siege in 1776. The author does a good job in the first half of the book, however, in adding fresh insights to his summary of the events preceding the conflict. In doing so, he gives full credit to the role of Joseph Warren, who perished at Bunker Hill, avoiding the usual historical emphasis on Adams and Hancock. In the weeks ahead of Lexington and Concord, Warren "not only continued his leadership role in the Congress and the Committee of Safety: he would be present in the ranks at virtually every encounter between colonial and British forces." In the two critical months prior to the battles at Lexington Green and Bunker Hill, Warren "became the most influential leader in the province of Massachusetts."

Philbrick is at his best in rendering these encounters in a journalistic style that succeeds in bringing to life scenes that sometimes can seem colorless through the process of so many retellings. Witness his description of the first British volley at Concord Bridge: "Action private Abner Hosmer was shot through the face and killed instantly.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsWonderfully written American history.
By Robert Busko VINE VOICE on May 1, 2013
Format: Hardcover
Nathaniel Philbrick continues to publish intelligent history that is accurate and written for a general readership. His latest effort, Bunker Hill: A City, A Siege, A Revolution continues such a wonderful record that includes Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War as well as The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull and the Battle of the Little Bighorn. All clearly demonstrate the author's talent for research and demonstrate a huge curiosity.

It is also refreshing that, in addition to the cast of characters we've come to love and respect in the American Revolution such as George Washington, John and Sam Adams, and Paul Revere, that we're introduced to men such as Dr. Joseph Warren, who was perhaps one of the most significant individuals in Massachusetts and Boston leading up to and during the Battle of Bunker Hill (really Breeds Hill). He was killed during the battle and might have been a major mover in the years to come. One of Philbrick's characteristics is his workman like manner in delivering facts such as Dr. Warren to the reader. However, this does not mean his prose is drab or not interesting. In fact he is one of the more talented authors writing in the history genres presently.

It is fair to say that the American Revolution was the result of a movement of resistance to British unfairness and harsh treatment, both on the American continent and also in London. Much of the population of Massachusetts never really felt that full-scale revolt would happen, until it actually did. It should be pointed out that while Philbrick's book deals almost exclusively with the Boston area, growing dissatisfaction was present in other colonial centers, but it was the spark in Lexington, Concorde and Bunker Hill that finally set the kindling afire.Read more ›
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5.0 out of 5 starsTurncoat

As a Brit, I don't know much about the American War of Independence. If it is taught in British schools now, it wasn't when I was there, and understandably Americans celebrate the... Read more

Published 17 days ago by Tim Hewtson
5.0 out of 5 starsLiving in Massachusetts it is great to read the story of the beginning...

Living in Massachusetts it is great to read the story of the beginning of our nation...yes we were rebels and still are!! Boston Strong!

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4.0 out of 5 starsHistory that comes alive

I live in the Boston area so I've known about the story of April 19, 1775, but this book gave me a fuller picture of the rest of the year leading up to July 4, 1776. Read more

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3.0 out of 5 starsDon't have it.

I don't remember purchasing this book.

Published 1 month ago by Laura Damon
5.0 out of 5 starsNathaniel Philbrick's books should be required reading in the high ...

Nathaniel Philbrick's books should be required reading in the high school American History curricula. There would be less nodding off in the classroom. Always entertaining. Read more

Published 1 month ago by Lou Lincoln
5.0 out of 5 starsA must read!!

Nathaniel Philbrick has done an excellent job of framing actions and decisions made leading up to our independence from England. The narrative is fun to read and very informative.

Published 1 month ago by Dar
1.0 out of 5 starsTerrible. do not buy

The most boring book, and I love history. I have no idea how this book got good ratings.

Published 2 months ago by David
4.0 out of 5 starsGood History

Good read. Right up there with his other books. He has a good feel for the colonial period and New Englanders

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5.0 out of 5 starsA Must Read for History Buffs!

This was a fascinating book on not just the Battle of Bunker Hill, but of the whole path to revolution and the figures behind America's march to independence. Read more

Published 2 months ago by Martin J Quinn
3.0 out of 5 starsA finely, almost minutely, detailed historical account

A highly detailed historical account of events, culminating in a battle between the Continental militia and British regulars on Bunker Hill, just prior to the American declaration... Read more

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