
The Whiskey Rebellion
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Narrado por:
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Simon Vance
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William Hogeland
In 1791, at the frontier headwaters of the Ohio River, gangs with blackened faces began to attack federal officials, beating and torturing the collectors who plagued them with the first federal tax ever laid on an American product, whiskey. In only a few years, those attacks snowballed into an organized regional movement dedicated to resisting the fledgling government's power and threatening secession, even civil war.
With an unsparing look at both Hamilton and Washington, and at lesser-known, equally determined frontier leaders such as Herman Husband and Hugh Henry Brackenridge, journalist and popular historian William Hogeland offers an insightful, fast-paced account of the remarkable characters who perpetrated this forgotten revolution, and those who suppressed it. To Hamilton, the whiskey tax was key to industrial growth and could not be permitted to fail. To hard-bitten people in what was then the wild West, the tax paralyzed their economies while swelling the coffers of greedy creditors and industrialists. To President Washington, the settlers' resistance catalyzed the first-ever deployment of a huge federal army, led by the president himself, a military strike to suppress citizens who threatened American sovereignty.
Daring, finely crafted, by turns funny and darkly poignant, The Whiskey Rebellion promises a surprising trip for readers unfamiliar with this primal national drama, whose climax is not the issue of mere taxation but the very meaning and purpose of the American Revolution.
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Great listen and great narrator.
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Good History Read!
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This is the story of how those common people attempted for a second time, to throw off the yoke of tyranny imposed by the newly formed government. Refusing to pay a tax levied on whiskey and then faced with the power and military might of the Federal Government, the "rebels" were hunted down, drug through the mountains in winter, and thrown into prison to await trial.
Though, eventually, charges were dropped and those found guilty were pardoned, the entire episode became a blueprint for how the government in Washington DC would continue to punish citizens or snuff out any attempts of the common people to make changes or resist changes made in or by the government even today.
You must read this book to understand that the powers that be in government today have been using the same tactics to reach the same conclusion for two centuries. From over-taxation to underhanded, slight of hand in the budgetary process, you will see the same methods used from that day to this.
Reading this book will be an eye opener for many.
1791 or 1861 or Today?
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This book provides rich historical detail about the very early days of the United States. The author does an excellent job providing background information. So the chapter on Herman Husband, who believed the (then) Western US (ie Western PA and VA) would be the New Jerusalem of Revelation, is really an excellent overview of all the religious currents running through American society at the time.
There's also great detail on the debate over federal taxation and Hamilton's agency in getting the whiskey excise tax implemented.
The reason for 4 stars and not 5 is that the author's explanation of the unfolding of the Rebellion is so compressed as to lack sense. This is surprising since his attention to detail everywhere else in the book is so thorough.
I would also recommend this book only to those who already have an interest in early American history. For the more general reader, I suggest 1776 and Washington's Crossing.
Great story and narration
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The treatment of the poor and underclasses as told in general is horrifying and this tale sheds a new light for me on our nation’s origin story. We still have the rich stealing from the less wealthy and why should that be surprising…
I learned that we have not changed
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Awesome
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There are several memorable quotes from this book; I am enjoying retelling what I am learning.
fascinating history
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Interesting Histroy
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You'd figure this would be more interesting
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I found the story somewhat hard to follow, and the narrators accent a bit of a distraction. Even so, I think it was a good purchase and I will recommend this title to friends interested in early politics of the U.S.
Decent audiobook
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