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Steve's Posts from the Open Letters Monthly Archive

Steve Donoghue’s posts from the original Open Letters Monthly Archives.

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May 01, 2016

Book Review: Valiant Ambition

May 01, 2016/ Steve Donoghue

The infamous treachery of Benedict Arnold gets a vigorous and richly detailed new retelling by the bestselling author of In the Heart of the Sea.

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May 01, 2016/ Steve Donoghue/
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benedict arnold, George Washington, May 2016, nathaniel philbrick, open letters weekly 16, valiant ambition
July 27, 2015

Book Review: Braddock's Defeat

July 27, 2015/ Steve Donoghue

A French army and a British army stumble upon each other in the wilderness of the New World, and their conflict changes the nature of the world's biggest war

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July 27, 2015/ Steve Donoghue/
History
braddock's defeat, david preston, George Washington, July 2015, open letters weekly 2015
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
November 01, 2013

Book Review: 'Mr. President'

November 01, 2013/ Steve Donoghue

First in war, first in peace, first in line for the powers of a god

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November 01, 2013/ Steve Donoghue/
biography, George Washington, Harlow Giles Unger, mr- president, November 2013, open letters weekly
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
December 01, 2010

Washingon: A Life by Ron Chernow

December 01, 2010/ Steve Donoghue

For two centuries, he's been the founding myth of his nation: first in war, first in peace, Washington the paragon. Ron Chernow's new biography does nothing to tarnish that image -- but should it?

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December 01, 2010/ Steve Donoghue/
Arts & Life, History, Politics & History
Adam Stephen, Alexander Hamilton, biography, Book Review, Chief Justice Marshall, Continental Army, December 2010, Fort Ticonderoga, George Washington, Henry Knox, John Adams, John D Rockefeller Sr, OLM, Open Letters Monthly, Ron Chernow, Steve Donoghue, Thomas Jefferson, Washington: A Life, Wasington Biography, william prescott
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