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The Whiskey Rebels

David Liss

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Jan 30, 2013 Laura rated it really liked it

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I really enjoyed this book. I learned a lot about the Revolutionary period, and like any solid work of historical fiction, this book piqued my interest in learning even more. I enjoyed Liss's writing style and his humor. I was very surprised by how much of this wild story is actually based on reality.

This book was a five for me for probably the first third, but I docked it a star for what, at times, felt like anachronistic humor (very funny, but still) and for too many characters who felt a bit ...more

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Sep 20, 2008 Andrea rated it liked it

A good story that will teach you something about the Whiskey Rebellion, but the female protagonist is irritatingly predictable.

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Oct 04, 2008 Jessica rated it liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: economics, american-history

This moves along much faster than a typical historical, but never really appealed simply because I could never root for any of the characters - the overlarge cast overwhelms any true sense of involvement in their plight, which makes this one uneven at best.

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