. >> early pre-2000s but derek beck's series on uniting the american revolution. i don't know if you've had a chance to read. a two-volume series on the prelude into the american revolution. i'm trying to bring up the other title because it's missing. "the war before independence." two volume series almost read like fiction when you read it through and get to the footnotes or end notes it's done. those are the type of books. >> what's the author's name? >> derek beck. >> great guy. uniting and work for independence, bringing it up to 1776. the question that's always baffled me is obviously that well, we just start a war, how did it become patriots and so forth, spending years at george washington's birth place monument where did he come from, british provincial officer to leading the american revolution. everyone wants that one moment where they switch, but it's not really that one moment that it switches. i know i'm struggling as moderator because i have to interject because i'm a history guy. mark, what is the one book? >> pre-2000, one of the best i think is fr

. >> wasn't pre-2000s but derek beck "igniting the american revolution." it's a two volume series basically on the prelude to the american revolution and uniting. i'm trying to bring up the other title because it's missing the war of independence. it almost reads like fiction. you get to footnotes or the end notes at the end of the book and it's done. >> what's the other name? >> derek beck. "uniting and the work for independence." bringing up to 1776. the questions that's always baffled me is obviously that, well, we just started a war. how did we become patriots and so forth. spending years at george washington birth place monument, where did he come from, british officer to reading the american revolution. everyone wants that one moment where they switch. it's not really that one moment that it switches. so, yeah. i know i'm struggling as moderator because i have to interject because i'm a history guy, but mark. besides victory or death, what is the one book? >> pre-2000, i would say one of the best i think is douglas freeman's washington biography. and

derek beck? oh great. yeah 90 and the warped for independence got to bring it up to 1776 because the questions all it's always baffled me is obviously that oh, well, we just start a war. how did he become patriots so far spending years at george washington birthplace national monument. where do you become from a british? prevents your officer to suddenly leading the american revolution like was that everyone wants that one moment where they split but it's not really that one moment that it switches but so yeah, so i know i'm struggling as moderator because i have to interject because i'm a history. yeah guy, but mark besides death. what is the luck pre-2000. i mean i would say i mean one of the best i think is is douglas southall freeman watching biography and i think they because of how he takes it as far as from washington's point of view. what information he's gathering at the time, you know, it's a great campaign study from his point of view and the other one i'd say is a devil of a whipping about the