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Timothy Symington

Timothy Symington

Timothy Symington has been contributing to the Journal of the American Revolution since 2019. He has written book reviews for other publications as well. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in history and a Master of Arts degree in American history.

Autobiography and Biography, Reviews January 17, 2023 January 17, 2023

Thomas Jefferson: A Biography of Spirit and Flesh

BOOK REVIEW: Thomas Jefferson: A Biography of Spirit and Flesh by Thomas S. Kidd (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2022) There seems to be a…

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Autobiography and Biography, Prewar Politics (<1775), Reviews December 12, 2022 December 12, 2022

The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams

BOOK REVIEW: The Revolutionary: Samuel Adams by Stacy Schiff (Little, Brown and Company, 2022) Stacy Schiff, who previously authored an acclaimed book on the Salem witch…

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Autobiography and Biography, Frontier, Native Americans, Reviews November 14, 2022 November 14, 2022

“No Man Knows the Country Better”: The Frontier Life of John Gibson

BOOK REVIEW: No Man Knows This Country Better”: The Frontier Life of John Gibson by Gary S. Williams (University of Akron Press, 2022) The…

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Economics, People, Politics During the War (1775-1783), Reviews, The War Years (1775-1783) August 15, 2022 August 14, 2022

Robert Morris: Inside the Revolution

BOOK REVIEW: Robert Morris: Inside the Revolution  by Robert M. Morris (Waterville, OR: Trine Day LLC, 2022) Entrepreneur and inventor Robert M. Morris (no…

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Logistics, Reviews, The War Years (1775-1783) July 11, 2022 July 11, 2022

Feeding Washington’s Army: Surviving the Valley Forge Winter of 1778

BOOK REVIEW: Feeding Washington’s Army: Surviving the Valley Forge Winter of 1778 byRicardo A. Herrera (Chapel Hill, NC: The University of North Carolina Press,…

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Reviews, War at Sea and Waterways (1775–1783) June 1, 2022 May 30, 2022

Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution

BOOK REVIEW: Rebels at Sea: Privateering in the American Revolution by Eric Jay Dolan (New York, NY: Liveright Publishing Corporation, 2022) Marine historian Eric Jay…

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Native Americans, Reviews May 16, 2022 May 14, 2022

“The Chiefs Now in This City:” Indians and the Urban Frontier in Early America

“The Chiefs Now in This City:” Indians and the Urban Frontier in Early America by Colin G. Calloway (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2021) BOOK…

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Books and Publications, Primary Sources, Reviews, The War Years (1775-1783) March 28, 2022 April 11, 2022

These Distinguished Corps: British Grenadier and Light Infantry Battalions in the American Revolution

BOOK REVIEW: These Distinguished Corps: British Grenadier and Light Infantry Battalions in the American Revolution by Don N. Hagist. (Warwick, England: Helion & Company, Limited,…

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Newspapers, People, Postwar Politics (>1783), Reviews February 28, 2022 February 25, 2022

William Hunter: Finding Free Speech—A British Soldier’s Son Who Became an Early American

BOOK REVIEW: William Hunter: Finding Free Speech—A British Soldier’s Son Who Became an Early American by Eugene A. Procknow (Mechanicsburg, PA: Sunbury Press, Inc., 2022) An…

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Constitutional Debate, Politics During the War (1775-1783), Postwar Politics (>1783), Reviews February 21, 2022 February 20, 2022

Power and Liberty: Constitutionalism in the American Revolution

BOOK REVIEW: Power and Liberty: Constitutionalism in the American Revolution by Gordon S. Wood. (New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2021) The eminent historian and author…

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Reviews January 31, 2022 January 30, 2022

Life is Sweet: The Hidden History of the American Revolution

BOOK REVIEW: Liberty Is Sweet: The Hidden History of the American Revolution by Woody Holton (New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 2021) Some historical narratives are…

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Constitutional Debate, Postwar Conflict (>1783), Postwar Politics (>1783), Reviews December 8, 2021 December 7, 2021

Daniel Shays’s Honorable Rebellion

BOOK REVIEW: Daniel Shays’s Honorable Rebellion: An American Story by Daniel Bullen (Yardley, PA: Westholme, 2021) There is truth to the adage that history is told…

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Audiovisual, Autobiography and Biography, Features, Reviews, The War Years (1775-1783) December 1, 2021 November 30, 2021

Benedict Arnold: Hero Betrayed

FILM REVIEW: Benedict Arnold: Hero Betrayed. Directed by Chris Stearns. Executive Producers James Kirby Martin and Ray Raymond. (Talon Films Production, 2021) One of…

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Documents, Frontier, Native Americans, Prewar Politics (<1775), Reviews, Slavery and Indentured Servitude November 29, 2021 November 28, 2021

Thirteen Clocks: How Race United the Colonies and Made the Declaration of Independence

BOOK REVIEW: Thirteen Clocks: How Race United the Colonies and Made the Declaration of Independence by Robert G. Parkinson (Williamsburg, VA: Omohundro Institute of Early…

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Battles, Reviews, The War Years (1775-1783) November 15, 2021 November 12, 2021

Review: Decision at Brandywine: The Battle on Birmingham Hill

BOOK REVIEW: Decision At Brandywine: The Battle on Birmingham Hill by Robert M. Dunkerly (Yardley, PA: Westholme Publishing, 2021) Historian and National Park Ranger Robert…

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Engineering and Technology, Maps and Cartography, Reviews November 8, 2021 November 3, 2021

Review: Surveying in Early America

BOOK REVIEW: Surveying in Early America: The Point of Beginning, An Illustrated History by Dan Patterson and Clinton Terry (Cincinnati, OH: University of Cincinnati Press, 2021)…

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Politics During the War (1775-1783), Prewar Conflict (<1775), Prewar Politics (<1775), Reviews, The War Years (1775-1783) October 25, 2021 October 21, 2021

Review: The Cause: The American Revolution and Its Discontents, 1773–1783

BOOK REVIEW: The Cause: The American Revolution and its Discontents, 1773-1783 by Joseph J. Ellis (New York, NY: Liveright Publishing, 2021) Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Joseph…

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Autobiography and Biography, Politics During the War (1775-1783), Postwar Politics (>1783), Reviews, The War Years (1775-1783) October 11, 2021 October 10, 2021

Review: George Washington: The Political Rise of America’s Founding Father

BOOK REVIEW: George Washington: The Political Rise of America’s Founding Father by David O. Stewart (New York, NY: Dutton, Penguin Random House, 2021) One of…

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Frontier, Native Americans, Postwar Conflict (>1783), Reviews October 4, 2021 October 3, 2021

Ill-Fated Frontier

BOOK REVIEW: Ill-Fated Frontier: Peril and Possibilities in the Early American West by Samuel A. Forman (Guilford, CT: Lyons Press, 2021) Samuel A. Forman, author of Dr….

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Constitutional Debate, Postwar Politics (>1783), Reviews September 20, 2021 September 19, 2021

Stranger Citizens: Migrant Influence and National Power in the Early American Republic

BOOK REVIEW: Stranger Citizens: Migrant Influence and National Power in the Early American Republic by John McNelis O’Keefe (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2021) The infamous decision…

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Patriots, People, Reviews, The War Years (1775-1783) August 16, 2021 August 22, 2021

Review: Vermont’s Ebenezer Allen

Vermont’s Ebenezer Allen: Patriot, Commando and Emancipator by Glenn Fay Jr. (Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2021) Ethan Allen, the militia leader who shares credit…

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Espionage and Cryptography, Myths and Legends, Reviews August 9, 2021 August 4, 2021

Review: George Washington’s Long Island Spy Ring

George Washington’s Long Island Spy Ring:  A History and Tour Guide by Bill Bleyer  (Charleston, SC:  The History Press, 2021) Whoever gets their hands…

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Features, Reviews, The War Years (1775-1783) July 26, 2021 July 25, 2021

Review: Winning Independence

Winning Independence: The Decisive Years of the Revolutionary War, 1778-1781 by John Ferling. (New York, NY: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021) The latest work by Professor John…

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Features, Reviews, Slavery and Indentured Servitude, Women July 7, 2021 July 3, 2021

Book Review: Running from Bondage: Enslaved Women and Their Remarkable Fight for Freedom in Revolutionary America

Running From Bondage: Enslaved Women and Their Remarkable Fight For Freedom In Revolutionary America by Karen Cook Bell (New York: Cambridge University Press, 2021) A…

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Features, Reviews, War at Sea and Waterways (1775–1783) January 20, 2021 January 25, 2021

Review: All at Sea: Naval Support for the British Army During the American Revolution

All At Sea: Naval Support for the British Army During the American Revolutionary War by John Dillon. (Warwick, England: Helion & Company Limited, 2019) The…

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Features, People, Reviews, The War Years (1775-1783) December 21, 2020 January 11, 2021

John Haslet’s World: An Ardent Patriot, the Delaware Blues, and the Spirit of 1776

John Haslet’s World: An Ardent Patriot, the Delaware Blues, and the Spirit of 1776 by David Price. (Nashville, TN: Knox Press, 2020) “‘Noted for his…

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Features, Political Philosophy, Reviews December 7, 2020 December 3, 2020

The Colonists’ American Revolution: Preserving English Liberty, 1607–1783

 The Colonists’ American Revolution: Preserving English Liberty, 1607-1783, by Guy Chet (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley Blackwell, 2020) To my way of thinking, when we try…

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Features, Reviews, The War Years (1775-1783) November 25, 2020 November 22, 2020

Occupied America: British Military Rule and the Experience of Revolution

Occupied America: British Military Rule and the Experience of Revolution by Donald F. Johnson (Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2020) Several cities in Revolutionary…

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Features, Political Philosophy, Reviews November 11, 2020 November 9, 2020

First Principles

First Principles: What America’s Founders Learned From the Greeks and Romans and How That Shaped Our Country by Thomas E. Ricks (New York, NY: Harper…

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Beyond the Classroom, Features, Reviews, Strategy, War at Sea and Waterways (1775–1783) September 23, 2020 October 16, 2020

The Shores of Tripoli: A Strategy Game

The Shores of Tripoli: A Strategy Game by Kevin Bertram (Fort Circle Games: Washington, DC) Recently I was fortunate to be asked to review a…

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Features, Reviews, The War Years (1775-1783) August 31, 2020 September 3, 2021

The 3rd New Jersey in New-York

The 3rd New Jersey in New-York: Stories from “The Jersey Greys” of 1776. by Philip D. Weaver (Highland, NY: Continental Consulting, 2020) The plundering…

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Features, People, Reviews August 24, 2020 January 11, 2021

Franklin & Washington: The Founding Partnership

Franklin & Washington: The Founding Partnership by Edward J. Larson (New York, NY: Harper Collins Publishers, 2020) George Washington and Early Republic scholar Edward J….

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Battles, Reviews July 15, 2020 July 13, 2020

The Battles of Connecticut Farms and Springfield 1780

The Battles of Connecticut Farms and Springfield 1780 by Edward G. Lengel.  (Yardley, PA:  Westholme Publishing, LLC, 2020) Famed Washington historian Edward G. Lengel (editor-in-chief…

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Features, Prewar Conflict (<1775), Reviews June 15, 2020 January 11, 2021

The Boston Massacre: A Family History

The Boston Massacre:  A Family History by Serena Zabin. (Boston, MA: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2020) The significant other of this particular reviewer saw him reading yet…

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Features, Reviews May 20, 2020 May 21, 2020

George Washington’s Nemesis

George Washington’s Nemesis:  The Outrageous Treason and Unfair Court-Martial of Major General Charles Lee during the Revolutionary War by Christian McBurney (El Dorado Hills, CA: …

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Features, Food & Lifestyle, Reviews March 18, 2020 March 17, 2020

Tea in 18th Century America

Tea in 18th Century America by Kimberly K. Walters. (K. Walters at the Sign of the Gray Horse, 2019) Best-selling author Lucinda Brant offers enthusiastic…

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Features, Reviews March 11, 2020 March 17, 2020

Two Reviews: Journal of the Hessian Jäger Corps and The Disaffected

Journal of the Hessian Jäger Corps 1777-1779 by W. Steedman, translator, and Ian Saberton, translator and editor (Tolworth, Surrey, UK: Grosvenor House Publishing Ltd., 2018)…

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Features, Reviews December 16, 2019 December 16, 2019

Thomas Jefferson’s Lives: Biographers and the Battle for History

Thomas Jefferson’s Lives:  Biographers and the Battle for History edited by Robert M. S. McDonald.  (Charlottesville, VA:  University of Virginia Press, 2019) Robert M….

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Features, Reviews October 21, 2019 October 21, 2019

North Carolina’s Revolutionary Founders

North Carolina’s Revolutionary Founders, edited by Jeff Broadwater and Troy L. Kickler  (Chapel Hill, NC:  University of North Carolina Press, 2019) The Old North…

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