Beyond the bobblehead; A new biography of John Stark teaches readers about the country he helped create

From: Concord Monitor | Date: May 13, 2007| Author: DANIEL BARRICK | Copyright information

Besides a high school, a statue on the State House lawn and a bobblehead doll, Gen. John Stark has never received much fanfare in his native state. And, based on Ben Z. Rose's new biography, that would suit him just fine. Rose's book depicts the Revolutionary War-era hero as the epitome of the Granite State man - or, at least, the Granite State man as drawn in conventional wisdom and clich: blunt in speech and action, suspicious of authority, unimpressed with honors for their own sake. Eve...

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