Sam Short is an Instructor of History with Motlow State Community College in Smyrna, Tennessee. Sam started teaching with Motlow in 2022 after working as an adjunct for multiple community colleges in Tennessee. He earned his BA in History from Middle Tennessee State University in 2016 and his MA in History from University College London in 2018. His interest in the American Revolution began with his teaching career in 2019.
BOOK REVIEW: From Empire to Revolution: Sir James Wright and the Price of Loyalty in Georgia by Greg Brooking (Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 2024. $29.95 paperback) Greg Brooking’s From Empire to Revolution: Sir James Wright and the Price of Loyalty in Georgia is a biography of colonial and revolutionary Georgia’s royal governor set […]
BOOK REVIEW: Ordinary Greatness: A Life of Elias Boudinot by Andrew Farmer (American Bible Society, 2022) Paperback $17.95, eBook $9.99. Andrew Farmer’s Ordinary Greatness: A Life of Elias Boudinot examines one of nation’s lesser-known Founding Fathers with particular emphasis given to his career as it concerns his relationship with George Whitefield, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, […]
