“Smart and accessible…If you have a serious interest in the American Revolution, but find the scholarly journals a bit stuffy, Journal of the American Revolution is for you.” John Fea, Chair of History Dept., Messiah College
60 essays, 20 writers, 248 pages, 11″ x 8.5″ x 0.7″
(ISBN: 9780966075182; Ertel Publishing; November 2013; $26.95 U.S.; Hardcover; History)
Journal of the American Revolution‘s first annual volume was published in November 2013 by Ertel Publishing, the publishers of the defunct Patriots of the American Revolution magazine. Like a deluxe hardcover magazine, this volume features stunning page layouts and illustrations. The book has been widely praised, earning almost all five-star ratings on Amazon and a glowing review from Armchair General magazine.
Wow! I couldn’t put this down, read it in one five-hour sitting. Me. A guy who finds mistakes in Revolutionary War books that won the Pulitzer Prize. Who can tell you whether or not Ethan Allen got a smallpox inoculation. Who has memorized the opening lines of Paine’s The Crisis. And I found more information in this one volume than I have in the last half-dozen books on the Revolutionary War that I read.” -Sean Stevenson, Armchair General magazine review (read full review)
Our first collector’s print volume features essays by Michael Adelberg, Todd Andrlik, Michael Barbieri, J. L. Bell, Benjamin L. Carp, Elizabeth M. Covart, Jimmy Dick, Thomas Fleming, Don N. Hagist, Hugh T. Harrington, Lars D. H. Hedbor, Benjamin H. Irvin, Paul Lockhart, Wayne Lynch, Jim Piecuch, Ray Raphael, Michael Schellhammer, Taylor Stoermer, Morgan Sumrell and William M. Welsch.
Some of the questions and curiosities addressed in this volume include:
- What was the true start of the American Revolution?
- Who came up with “no taxation without representation”?
- Were the Founding Fathers young enough to be Founding Teenagers or Twentysomethings?
- What role did dogs play in the war?
- How did the Sons of Liberty influence the rebellion?
- How did news about America’s independence go viral in 1776?
- How did Washington’s army actually cross the Delaware River?
- At what moment did Washington become a politician as well as a general?
- What was it really like to walk the colonial streets of Boston, Philadelphia or New York?
- How did Washington’s mastery of intelligence lead to one of the most daring battles?
- What was the treatment for a scalped head or arrow wound?
- Was the most hated Loyalist in America really a Patriot spy?
- And what about those British soldiers?
You’ve studied the first edition, now read the new 2015 volume!
