Don Glickstein, Author at Journal of the American Revolution

Author: Don Glickstein

Don Glickstein is the author of After Yorktown: The Final Struggle for American Independence, (Westholme Publishing, fall 2015), about the men who kept fighting the war’s final 20 months around the world. An award-winning journalist and editor, Glickstein has written on historical topics ranging from the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution to Mark Twain’s trip to the Northwest. He grew up in New York’s Mohawk Valley—the frontier during the Revolution—and in Boston. Today, he lives in Seattle, where a nearby island is named after a British sea captain who fought in the Revolution, and whose state is named after the rebel commander-in-chief. More more information, please visit donglickstein.com.

The War Years (1775-1783) Posted on July 23, 2015August 28, 2016

The Final Theaters, the Final Fights

The British defeat at Yorktown in October 1781 did little to convince those fighting that peace was near. Gen. George Washington pleaded with his French naval ally, Admiral de Grasse, for a campaign against other British strongholds, perhaps in the Carolinas. When Grasse, instead, returned to the Caribbean, Washington began planning for his 1782 campaign […]

by Don Glickstein

People Posted on October 11, 2013August 28, 2016

How General Leslie Really Died

British Lt. Gen. Alexander Leslie, 50, was burned out, ill, missed his daughter, and wanted to go home. He had arrived in South Carolina in late 1781 to command the Southern colonies. Leslie needed to ensure the security of the few enclaves the British still controlled. He had to feed not just his own army, […]

by Don Glickstein