It’s easy to be fooled by the Founding Fathers, what with all the greatness and everything. But did you ever wonder what they were doing before they founded anything? You’re in luck, because this book holds all the answers! It’s called (and I know, the long name’s annoying, I just call it The Good Fight) The Good Fight: The Feuds of the Founding Fathers (And How They Shaped The Nation) by Anne Quirk. This book is about what the Founding Fathers did before America was in full swing! (Those of you who have seen Hamilton― it’s about some of the things described in the play.)

It has four chapters:

• George Washington vs. King George III: The War of the Georges

• Benjamin Franklin vs. William Franklin: The Radical Father and the Conservative Son

• Alexander Hamilton vs. History: The Outsider

• John Adams vs. Thomas Jefferson: The Founding Frenemies

All the chapters focus on the two people in the story (with exception for chapter three). The main characters in this book are all of the Founding Fathers. If you don’t know who those are, they are: John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington. Only problem, John Jay and James Madison aren’t mentioned that much. The time and place is around 1776 and almost the entire book takes place in America, but there are some scenes in England and Paris.

For adjectives about a character, I want to focus on Alexander Hamilton. He was eager, he was combative (which means ready or eager to fight), and he was persistent. Eager, because on p. 59 it says: “‘I wish there was a war,’ Hamilton wrote to his friend Edward Stevens in 1769. ‘I mean to prepare the way for futurity.’ He was combative because, also on p. 59 it says: ‘Apology,’ he wrote, trying to explain himself, ‘is out of the question.’ Alexander Hamilton could never resist a fight. Persistent, because on page 72, it says that Washington asked Hamilton if he wanted to be the first ever Secretary of Treasury. This was a really hard job, and if he failed, the United States could fail too. Of course, Hamilton said yes.”

The plot of the entire book in general is that the American Revolution is going on and all the chapters (especially “The War of the Georges”), are about different details and facts about the Revolution and what other people were doing during that time. One of those facts are that George Washington and King George III both were VERY eager to win the war. I like this because it makes the book a lot more interesting. It’s cool reading about the war that shaped our nation. It’s also cool reading about all the politics that were happening in the background.

I did like the book. Like I said before, it’s exciting reading about the war that shaped our nation, and all the politics behind it. I would definitely  recommend this book because it is very educational and it is also really funny. There are also lots of funny pictures. This definitely relates to Hamilton: The Musical because it focuses around a lot of the things that the musical focuses around.

I think my rating of this book is ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐= I loved it! I want to read it again!