Category Archives: Book Review
Review: Rick Atkinson, The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777
Emerging Revolutionary War welcomes guest historian Joshua Shepherd to the blog who reviewed the book mentioned above. Short bio of Joshua is at the bottom of this post. In recent years, there’s been a fortunate resurgence of interest in the … Continue reading
Review: Founding Martyr, The Life and Death of Dr. Joseph Warren, the American Revolution’s Lost Hero by Christian Di Spigna
Doctor. Major General. President of the Provincial Congress. Author of political tracts. A true patriot. Forgotten. All these words, plus many more, are titles that depict the life of Dr. Joseph Warren. However, the last term is most synonymous with … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review, Emerging Revolutionary War, Memory
Tagged 1775, Abigail Adams, Battle of Bunker Hill, Christian Di Spigna, Committee of Corresspondence, Committee of Safety, Continental Congress, Dr. Joseph Warren, Emerging Revolutionary War, Founding Fathers, Founding Martyr, John Adams, John Hancock, Massachusetts, Philadelphia, Samuel Adams, Suffolk Resolves
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Book Review: Revolutionary: George Washington at War by Robert L. O’Connell
Robert L. O’Connell, Revolutionary: Washington at War, e-book, (New York: Random House, 2019), $32 in hardback. Robert L. O’Connell is best known for asking “big” questions. Armed with a PhD in history and a lengthy career in the intelligence community, … Continue reading
Book Review: Peckuwe 1780, by John F. Winkler
John F. Winkler, Peckuwe 1780: The Revolutionary War on the Ohio River Frontier, (Oxford: Osprey Publishing, 2018). $24.00 I once read a review comparing Osprey Publishing’s monographs on particular battles, weapons, uniforms, or campaigns to “flash cards,” which made … Continue reading
Posted in Battles, Book Review, Campaigns, Revolutionary War, Uncategorized
Tagged Frontier, Frontier Theater, George Rogers Clark, Indians, Mad River, Ohio, Peckuwe
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Review: American Dialogue by Joseph Ellis
“The study of history is an ongoing conversation between past and present from which we all have much to learn,” write Joseph Ellis in his new book, American Dialogue: The Founders and Us. The book serves as Ellis’s attempt to … Continue reading
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Tagged American Dialogue, Joseph Ellis, law, Politics, race
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Book Review: Young Washington by Peter Stark
Peter Stark, Young Washington: How Wilderness and War Forged America’s Founding Father, Kindle ed., (New York: HarperCollins, 2018). While traveling in southwestern Pennsylvania, outdoor writer Peter Stark discovered the region’s deep history and the central role it played in transforming … Continue reading
Book Review: One if by Land, Two if by Submarine, by Eileen Schnabel
A few months ago, author Eileen Schnabel sent us her young adult novel, “One if by Land, Two if by Submarine” for a gander. Not being specialists in middle school fiction, we turned to an expert, my 13-year old daughter, … Continue reading
