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November 28, 2016

Book Review: Brothers at Arms

November 28, 2016/ Steve Donoghue

An invigorating new history looks at the American Revolution from a wide-angle international view

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November 28, 2016/ Steve Donoghue/
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American Revolution, brothers at arms, larrie ferreiro, November 2016, open letters weekly 16
May 16, 2015

Book Review: Whirlwind

May 16, 2015/ Steve Donoghue

John Ferling, great historian of 18th century America, here tells the story of the American Revolution itself, in typically riveting fashion

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May 16, 2015/ Steve Donoghue/
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American Revolution, john ferling, May 2015, open letters weekly 2015, whirlwind
September 07, 2014

Book Review: Band of Giants

September 07, 2014/ Steve Donoghue

We all know the names of Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, and Adams, but a terrifically engaging new book reminds us that the American Revolution's supporting cast was no less fascinating

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September 07, 2014/ Steve Donoghue/
American Revolution, band of giants, jack kelly, military history, open letters weekly, September 2014
November 10, 2013

Book Review: George Washington - Gentleman Warrior

November 10, 2013/ Steve Donoghue

A born warrior striving to become a refined gentleman, or a refined gentleman striving to learn a warrior's ways? A new book looks at Washington the military commander

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November 10, 2013/ Steve Donoghue/
American Revolution, biography, George Washington, george washington: gentleman warrior, November 2013, open letters weekly, stephen brumwell, Steve Donoghue
October 04, 2013

Book Review: Jefferson and Hamilton

October 04, 2013/ Steve Donoghue

A master historian analyzes the tempestuous relationship between two titans of the newborn United States

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October 04, 2013/ Steve Donoghue/
Alexander Hamilton, american history, American Revolution, biography, Henry Cabot Lodge, jefferson and hamilton, john ferling, October 2013, open letters weekly, Thomas Jefferson
August 03, 2013

Book Review: Long, Obstinate, and Bloody

August 03, 2013/ Steve Donoghue

A crucial turning-point battle in the American Revolution is given an extensively detailed and tradition-challenging new history

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August 03, 2013/ Steve Donoghue/
American Revolution, and bloody, August 2013, history, lawrence babits and joshua howard, long, military history, obstinate, open letters weekly, the battle of guilford courthouse, university of north carolina press
July 31, 2013

Book Review: The Men Who Lost America

July 31, 2013/ Steve Donoghue

Clinton, Gage, Burgoyne, the Howe brothers - and of course Lord Cornwallis: their names are synonymous in the United States with bumbling defeat, but a rousing new book takes a fresh look at all these formerly infamous figures

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July 31, 2013/ Steve Donoghue/
american history, American Revolution, andrew jackson o'shaughnessy, July 2013, open letters weekly, the men who lost america
July 05, 2013

Book Review: Our Lives, Our Fortunes & Our Sacred Honor

July 05, 2013/ Steve Donoghue

Richard Beeman's new book covers some familiar - sacred? - ground

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July 05, 2013/ Steve Donoghue/
american history, American Revolution, history, July 2013, our fortunes & our sacred honor, our lives, richard beeman
August 16, 2012

Book Review: James Madison

August 16, 2012/ Steve Donoghue

An accessible, well-researched new biography takes a largely approving look at America's fourth president, James Madison.

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August 16, 2012/ Steve Donoghue/
American Revolution, August 2012, biography, founding fathers, James Madison, jeff broadwater
November 27, 2011

Book Review: 1781

November 27, 2011/ Steve Donoghue

A flinty new account of a pivotal year in the American Revolution

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November 27, 2011/ Steve Donoghue/
1781: the decisive year of the revolutionary war, american history, American Revolution, November 2011, robert tonsetic
July 03, 2011

New in Paperback: Citizen Washington

July 03, 2011/ Steve Donoghue

Twelve years after its first appearance, "Citizen Washington," a historical novel by bestselling author William Martin, gets an attractive new paperback just in time for about a million American summer vacations.

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July 03, 2011/ Steve Donoghue/
American Revolution, citizen washington, fiction, George Washington, historical fiction, July 2011, william martin
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