Tales From A Revolution: Bacon's Rebellion And The Transformation Of Early America

James Rice’s Tales from a Revolution: Bacon’s Rebellion and the Transformation of Early America gives an in depth narrative of Bacon’s Rebellion and how it impacted the other aspects of American history. In doing this, Rice “consulted most of the originals” (xx) and some manuscripts. The diaries and correspondence of the characters drives the narrative and accuracy of this book. The sources are definitely used effectively as it especially benefits the narrative with the direct quotes that are used throughout and is beneficial in knowing that the information is coming from primary sources. These sources fairly represent both sides as they are primary sources and there is only but so much leeway one can have with sources such as the one Rice uses in this book.
Rice does makes a great effort at making this narrative easier to read as he
These connections seem to be somewhat of a stretch as they are not all that easy to follow how they are being connected. Some of the ways he describes scenes in the second part, such as the Glorious Revolution, seems a bit off-hand. Especially since the connection between the two are not really brought to light until afterward. The second half of the book being so short, there are just simply not enough facts to back up the claims that are made, and come off as mostly interpreted. More questions were raised in this section rather than answered. Although the they might not be so clear, the connections that are made are intriguing nonetheless. The can definitely spark more conversations regarding these topics which is always an aspect of a favorable book, confusing or