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I had a love-hate relationship with this book. Actually, love is too strong a word. And hate is too strong as well. The things I liked about it were the same things that annoyed me about it, but I suppose it depended on my mood. One thing I liked was that it gave tremendous detail to the intricate lives of Betsy and her family and friends. The author successfully created the environment for us and made it possible to visualize a time that we didn't experience first hand. At times I became annoyed at this because it could get very long--even down to the details of the advertisements in the newspaper for the different shops in town. We would read through one shops advertisement, which included a list of goods, then read another, and another, and another. It sort of went like this, "Items available are, brown velvet, blue velvet, black velvet, red velvet, purple velvet, ocher velvet, green velvet, brown silk, blue silk, purple silk, red silk, green silk, black silk, red damask, gold damask, brocades, canvases, muslin....and on and on.....burgundy tassels, gold tassels....and on and on....tacks, pins, needles....and on and on. It got a little monotonous, but I was confident that the information in this book was accurate. The truth is, this is a HUGE BOOK about a person we know very little about. I did come away with an appreciation for Betsy Ross and the experiences she had. Not a must read, but it is interesting if you are interested in understanding the environment during the American revolution. I recommend listening to it on a road trip or something.

2022-11-14 17:29