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Book Review: First Entrepreneur: How George Washington Built His — and the Nation’s — Prosperity by Edward G. Lengel (Da Capo Press, 2016). [BUY NOW ON…
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Book Review: The Spirit of ’74, How the American Revolution Began (New York, The New Press, 2015) by Ray Raphael and Marie Raphael Most people…
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Book Review: The Revolution’s Last Men: The Soldiers Behind the Photographs by Don N. Hagist (Westholme Publishing, 2015). In 1864, The Last Men of…
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Amphibious operations, which involve landing troops and supplies from the sea to the land, are extremely difficult and require special techniques, close coordination between…
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The story of the Boston Tea Party has been told and retold endlessly. It has become a part of American mythos. On the evening…
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Since 1874 a growing assumption, indeed an assumption expanding to the status of “fact,” has arisen that a document known as “The Sale of…
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Book review: William Washington, American Light Dragoon: A Continental Cavalry Leader in the War of Independence by Daniel Murphy (Westholme Publishing, 2014). William Washington,…
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In 1775, the tension between the American colonies and Great Britain escalated into armed conflict at then-little-known places such as Lexington, Concord and Bunker…
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“The Press, Watson, is a most valuable institution, if you only know how to use it,” said the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes.[1] Benjamin Franklin…
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In the minds of many people the surrender at Yorktown in the fall of 1781 brought the Revolutionary War to a close. However, the…
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Book Review: The Return of George Washington 1783-1789 by Edward J. Larson. New York: William Morrow, 2014. Hardcover $29.99. ISBN 978-0-06-224867-1. Pp 384. Index,…
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Control of the Hudson River was important strategically during the American Revolution. The river, along with lakes George and Champlain, was a potential invasion…
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Book Review: Band of Giants: The Amateur Soldiers Who Won America’s Independence by Jack Kelly. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. Hardback. $27.00. ISBN: 978-1-137-27877-7; 368…
I love footnotes. I won’t read a historical article if it does not have proper footnotes; why waste my time? When thumbing a book…
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Book Review: “Light Horse Harry” Lee in the War for Independence by Jim Piecuch and John Beakes. Charleston, SC: The Nautical and Aviation Publishing…
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Book Review: The Men Who Lost America, British Leadership, the American Revolution, and the Fate of the Empire By Andrew Jackson O’Shaughnessy Yale University…
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Book Review: Parker’s Guide to the Revolutionary War in South Carolina; Battles, Skirmishes and Murders (2nd edition) By John C. Parker, Jr. Infinity Publishing,…
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For a few terrifying minutes the air was filled with the sound of gunshots, war-whoops and the screams of the dying. It was over…
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In September 1776[1] there occurred an incident of long distance marksmanship, or luck, that deserves a close look. The eyewitness, Private Joseph Plumb Martin[2]…
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Mason Locke Weems, better known as Parson Weems, considered himself an historian. But, he was far more interested in pleasing people than he was…
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“…good weapons not wisely laid aside” Wartime brings urgency to the quest for better weapons systems. That is as true today as it was…
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One of the most extraordinary coincidences in history? Or, was it murder? You be the judge. Anthony Wayne Anthony Wayne is generally remembered as…
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A musket is not an accurate weapon. That’s a well known fact. But, why is it inaccurate and what can we learn from its…
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When one thinks of a telescopic sight on a rifle one does not think of the Revolutionary War. However strange, there was one documented…
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In 1779 General George Washington and British Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Clinton were locked in a stalemate around New York City. Clinton desperately wanted to…
In January I made a list of the 10 best, in my opinion, Revolutionary War films. I neglected to include a film that deserves…
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Often in western films there is a scene where an arrow is yanked from the body of a fallen comrade. As dramatic as that…
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When one thinks of injuries received in battle during the Revolutionary War wounds from gunshots, bayonets and swords come to mind. A far less…
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Nathaniel Philbrick is the author of Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution, a compelling, dramatic and extraordinarily well written narrative of Boston…
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Nathaniel Philbrick’s Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution is an extraordinarily well written narrative of Boston and the beginning of the American…
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Every historical researcher, and readers of history books and magazines, must constantly keep in mind the power of the written word. Whether reading for…
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Nearly everyone loves a dog. This is especially true of soldiers to whom a dog is a friendly reminder of home, a companion and…
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Americans, even Americans who enjoy studying the American Revolution, don’t know much about the British soldiers. While British officers have left some written accounts…
Published in 1976 but currently available in an electronic version via Amazon and Barnes and Noble. This is historical fiction at its finest. The…
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This book is must reading for anyone interested in the American Revolution. It is by far the best account written by a private soldier. …
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The American Revolution is quite obviously a very broad topic. It would require a huge quantity of books, even watered down to the “essentials,”…
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When any reader is new to a subject it often is hard to know where to start. Once underway studying the American Revolution the…
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When we speak of history books normally we refer to non-fiction. But, what of fiction? There is a definite place for novels in our…
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This ranking of the best American Revolution films is based on my own appreciation of the movies. Obviously, any attempt to rank films in…
