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Bestselling author Russell Shorto returns to the John Adams to discuss his much-anticipated book 'Revolution Song'. In this narrative, Shorto asks what the American Revolution would have looked like if it were told exclusively through the prism of personal lives.
In 'Revolution Song', Shorto paints an intimate group portrait of six extraordinary figures of the time. Individually, they represent both the radical promise and shocking failure of “freedom.” Together, they reveal the breadth of America at the country’s inception and point ahead to the long march of American freedom.
A “decidedly refreshing approach,” according to The New York Times, calling 'Revolution Song' “a remarkable achievement.”
This interview was recorded on Jan 23, 2018
Click here to watch the first part of this event (lecture): youtu.be/p_wcwa2m5fs
Bestselling author Russell Shorto returns to the John Adams to discuss his much-anticipated book 'Revolution Song'. In this narrative, Shorto asks what the American Revolution would have looked like if it were told exclusively through the prism of personal lives.
In 'Revolution Song', Shorto paints an intimate group portrait of six extraordinary figures of the time. Individually, they represent both the radical promise and shocking failure of “freedom.” Together, they reveal the breadth of America at the country’s inception and point ahead to the long march of American freedom.
A “decidedly refreshing approach,” according to The New York Times, calling 'Revolution Song' “a remarkable achievement.”
This interview was recorded on Jan 23, 2018
Click here to watch the first part of this event (lecture): youtu.be/p_wcwa2m5fs
