This is the first book that I have finished reading this year 2010, well I think it is.
The book is called American Connections by James Burke, its an interesting read in that as a Brit I do not know how many men signed the American Declaration of Independence, and I did not know just how close it came to being not signed and not needed.
It would appear that a lot of the men who signed the document all made in some way a lot of money from it, may be that was one of the un-written reasons and why they would not compromise.
So I did learn a lot from this book, but I got the feeling that even James had trouble linking some of the men back to today.
Well worth a read if your history of how or who some of the men behind the declaration is non existent
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