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title: "In the Founders' Footsteps: Landmarks of the American Revolution"
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# In the Founders' Footsteps: Landmarks of the American Revolution

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Wonderful read, great short stories......
  

*by K***R on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 23, 2022*

Van Doren narrative in short does a wonderful job of sharing his research on our Founding Fathers legacies supported by his great use of watercolor artistry. Strongly recommend to anyone having American History interest and art appreciation...👍

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    A HIstorical Feast For The Senses
  

*by S***R on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on November 15, 2022*

In this delightful stroll through dozens of Revolutionary War sites, some well-known and some obscure, Van Doren provides a historical experience perfectly balanced with words and imagery for 21st Century readers accustomed to brevity and social media. His evocative paintings and personal musings, blended with historical facts and expert input, capture with a warm personal touch the essence of each site and its place in the American story. This is a book for those who don't have time for massive scholarly treatises but still want to see and learn the big picture and who value an individual touch portrayed with skill, care, and affection for our heritage.

### ⭐ 1.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Inaccurate, and uninspiring
  

*by B***W on Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on December 23, 2022*

As a history and architecture buff I so much enjoyed Adam Van Doren’s, The House Tells the Story: Homes of the American Presidents that I asked for his, In the Founders’ Footsteps, for my birthday.  I was sadly disappointed.  The foreword by Nathaniel Philbrick was the high point of the book.  It went downhill fast.First of all, the book has glaring inaccuracies.  I was very surprised by how many egregious ones there were.  I should have kept a list, but here are the obvious ones that I remember: He gets the combatants backwards in the Siege of Boston; he states that Kings Mountain is in NC versus SC; he states that Francis Marion fought in the swamps of SC, GA, and FL (he didn’t); he promotes Colonel Banastre Tarleton to General; he states that the Carolinas were far less developed than the northern colonies, and that they were what amounted to territories.  He is clearly unaware that South Carolina was the wealthiest of the 13 colonies due to its rice plantations.Mr. Van Doren also seems to be guessing a lot.  In his introduction he states, “In South Carolina, according to some historians, more action took place than anywhere else.”  Really?  Is he questioning that fact because he was not taught it in school.  It is a fact, but he seems to refuse to believe it.I had expected a list of Founding Fathers’ homes and other important locations.  Instead, I get a description of a British spy that was hung in New York.  The location is now in a cul-de-sac in a neighborhood.  The spy wasn’t a Founding Father, nor was the location interesting.  The selection of locations near New York seemed to be the primary driver for his choices.  He did not seem to choose stories based on importance nor beauty.  I have lived in Saratoga Springs and Newport, RI.  I have visited many of the revolutionary war battlefields across the country.  His journey missed so many opportunities.  I have visited many of the remaining houses of the signers of the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, again a huge missed opportunity.  There was very little architectural coverage compared to the previous book.  There were better descriptions of his tour guides outfits, his meals, and the score of an Ithaca football game.  As for art in this book I got poor reproductions of a map to Quebec, a simple self-sketch of a British spy, and a nondescript Georgia swamp.  The art was disappointing.The worst aspect of the book was the continuous insertion of the author’s current political beliefs into almost every story.  That included everything from a Black Lives Matter discussion in the introduction, to describing the ugly pollution he sees as he drives his car from NY to PA, discussing the 13th Amendment when touring Independence Hall, and then describing his disgust about AK-47 mass murders when discussing muskets.  By the way, there have been no AK-47 mass murders.  His political views are pervasive, inaccurate, and disgusting.  He is just parroting something that he incorrectly heard.That is the real rub that I have with this book.  There is nothing new and insightful.  Everything seems to be just a weak parroting of something he may have overheard over lunch.  The trips, the art, and the historical descriptions are weak, and uninspiring.I was not raised with the privilege of Mr. Van Doren.  I am nearly the same age he is.  I treasure and still have every book that I ever owned.  This book will have the honor to be the first book that I have thrown in the trash.It is not worth keeping or sharing.

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