Author: Kelsey DeFord

Kelsey DeFord is currently the administrative specialist for the Department of History at Arkansas State University. An alum of A-State, she received her Bachelors' in Secondary Social Science Education in 2017 and Masters in Public History in 2019, respectively. Her master’s thesis "A Tale of Two Culpers" explored social context of war and ideologies of the Culper spy ring. One of three triplet sisters, Kelsey is used to managing chaos that comes at home and work. In her spare time, she likes to read comics, watch anime, and spend time with her tabby cats.

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Antiquity and Loyalist Dissent in Revolutionary America, 1765–1776

BOOK REVIEW: Antiquity and Loyalist Dissent in Revolutionary America, 1765-1776 by Daniel R. Moy (Anthem Press, 2024. $110.00) Daniel R. Moy’s Antiquity and Loyalist Dissent in Revolutionary America attempts to analyze ideological warfare between Whigs and Tories, with particular attention to ancient Greco-Roman and Mediterranean influences. Moy, currently a lecturer at the University of Virginia […]

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Dishonored Americans: The Political Death of Loyalists in Revolutionary America

BOOK REVIEW: Dishonored Americans: The Political Death of Loyalists in Revolutionary America by Timothy Compeau (University of Virginia Press, 2023) Early American scholars treated Loyalists of the American Revolution as bystanders and stereotypical villains in the story. This was part of a larger attempt to unify American colonists during and after the war. Some Loyalists wrote […]

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The Tory’s Wife: A Woman and Her Family in Revolutionary America

BOOK REVIEW: The Tory’s Wife: A Woman and Her Family in Revolutionary America by Cynthia Kierner (University of Virginia Press, 2023) Linda K. Kerber’s Women of the Republic: Intellect and Ideology in Revolutionary America demonstrated women’s resilience to create their own “republican motherhood;” this later evolved into accomplishing what the revolution did not do for women. […]

by Kelsey DeFord