Prelude to Glory

The Prelude to Glory series is awesome I highly recommend these to anyone seeking to find a fun way to learn about the revolutionary war as well as about the war of 1812 (which really how much are we taught about it). These stories follow a fictional family through the entire war effort. You learn a great deal about the founding fathers and what they truly did for this great country from declaring our independence and the feeling the men had who did it. You experience the horrors of Valley Forge the taking of Trenton from the Hessian soldiers. The intense sea battles and the fight in the south with about the amazing swamp fox and his men. You learn more about Benedict Arnold, and why he did what he did. You then follow the conference that created the constitution and the battle that was fought in a hot humid room for days. Then the war of 1812 and why we had to earn the respect of nations even after winning the war for independence.  You also learn so much more.  If any of this interests you go out and get these well written stories and experience history.