Brooke Barbier, Author at Journal of the American Revolution

Author: Brooke Barbier

Brooke Barbier received her PhD in American history from Boston College. She is the author of the newly-released King Hancock: The Radical Influence of a Moderate Founding Father and Boston in the American Revolution: A Town versus an Empire. In 2013, she founded and operates Ye Olde Tavern Tours, a popular guided outing along Boston’s renowned Freedom Trail.

Autobiography and Biography Posted on October 10, 2023November 29, 2023

John Hancock’s Politics and Personality in Ten Quotes

Nearly every American knows the name of John Hancock, but often for little more than his signature on the Declaration of Independence. Hancock was one of the most popular men in eighteenth-century North America, winning people over with his style, personability, and generosity. These ten quotations offer a fuller picture of the character, political temper, […]

by Brooke Barbier

Historic Sites Posted on January 26, 2021January 24, 2021

Following Paul Revere Home: The Demolition and Preservation of Boston’s Landmarks

Here’s one of the things I love most about Boston: If it were possible to drop Paul Revere in downtown today, he could, quite literally, find his way home. Not just to the site of his former home, but to his actual house. Incredibly, enough landmarks still exist in Boston that he could find his […]

by Brooke Barbier