This year’s trends in American Revolutionary Era scholarship vary widely by media. Book publishing remains vibrant, with fifty-six volumes published in 2023. Online journal articles are popular, especially those published by the Journal of the American Revolution (JAR). On average, JAR publishes nine articles and three book reviews each month. However, scholarly print journals almost entirely neglected the Revolutionary Era over the last twelve months. The six most prominent print journals, the Journals of American History, Military History, Early American History, and William & Mary Quarterly, Early American Studies, American History Review, published only five articles and nineteen book reviews on the American Revolution in 2023. The lack of scholarly print journal interest is striking, given the robust book publishing market and strong interest in online journals.

Another measure of interest in the American Revolution is including new books on the top books of the year lists. While no books on the American Revolution made it to the New York Times or the Walls Street Journal’s lists of theTop 10 books of the year, David Waldstreicher’s The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley: A Poet’s Journey Through American Slavery and Independence appeared on the Time’s most notable books of 2023. Likewise, Brooke Barbier’s King Hancock appears on the Wall Street Journal’s top biography picks for the holiday season.

This research note focuses on properly researched and knowledgeably supported interpretations of American Revolution events and people during the last forty years of the eighteenth century. The fifty-six history books analyzed exclude self-published, children’s, and young adult books. Also excluded are fine works of fiction such as historical fantasy by Kiersten Marcil and fictional biography by Salina B. Baker. Printed volumes and Amazon listings are the principal sources for publishing information supplemented by author websites and other associated online venues.

Researching and writing histories of previously neglected minorities and under-represented people continued in 2023. Biographies, the most prevalent book genre with thirteen volumes, include accounts of African Americans and a gay general. Another interesting twist is Marianne Holdzkom’s book which examines the memory of John Adams. An ever-prevalent category, military history books feature descriptions of southern and western campaigns and battles with no accounts of conflict north of Philadelphia. Local histories remain popular with the addition of an innovative comparison of Revolutionary Era events in North Carolina and Rhode Island, Seized with the Temper of the Times: Identity and Rebellion in Pre-Revolutionary America by Abby Chandler. The most interesting Socio-Economic new volume is Colonial Ports, Global Trade, and the Roots of the American Revolution by Jeremy Land, which posits compelling arguments as to the economic causes for the Rebellion. Loyalism continues to be a trendy subject, with seven new volumes describing loyalism from South Carolina to Northern New York. Additionally, scholars brought to market books on slavery and politics that interpreted the impact of these forces on the Revolutionary Era. Lastly, three volumes were published emphasizing the “Atlantic World” nature of the Rebellion and the global influences on the North American conflict.

Except for Westholme Publishing, boasting eight new offerings, the book publishing industry is diverse and unconcentrated, with thirty other non-dominant players. No other publisher brought more than three books to market, with most presses offering only one volume. Trade presses account for most of the fifty-six books, with university presses offering less than thirty percent of the books published in 2023. The University of Virginia was the most active university press with three monographs, and the University of Missouri was the only academic press west of the Mississippi River to publish an American Revolution book.

There were sixty-two authors, as several of the volumes were co-authored. Writers remain predominately male, with only sixteen percent of authors being women. Jim Piecuch is the only historian to have multiple books published this year. While the author’s education level is most often a Ph.D. or equivalent degree, about half of the authors hold other degrees, with many working in public history positions, giving unique insights into their geographies and subjects. Contrary to some accounts, university presses published books by non-PhD’s with two JD’s and two other degrees. PhDs authored over a third of trade press books.

Detailed data analytics on the American Revolutionary book publishing markets, including subjects, publishers, and authors, is presented below. Following the book data analytics, there are listings of the books, with links to associated book reviews and journal articles/book reviews. Readers are encouraged to respond with any book omissions and suggestions upon review.

What were the most popular book subjects?

Unsurprisingly, biographies were the most prevalent genre, with eleven new books. For the first year in several, there were no George Washington biographies. Reflecting the increase in interest in Revolutionary Era Americans who retained their British allegiance, books on Loyalism, with seven volumes, are the second most popular subject. Tied with Loyalism, the categories of Campaigns and Battles and Social/Economic/General Histories also experienced considerable interest this year.

Genre	Number of Books
Biographies	13
Campaigns and Battles	7
Loyalism	7
Socio-Economic General Histories	7
Local Histories	7
Politics	4
Slavery	2
Geography	2
Atlantic View	2
Confederation Period	2
Medicine	2
Military Organization	1
Total	56

Who were the book Publishers?

Thirty-one professional presses published an American Revolutionary Era book in 2023

• Twenty-two trade presses
• Nine university presses

27% of books were published by university presses (15 of 56).

• University of Virginia (4), Yale University (2), University of Pennsylvania (2), and Cornell University (2) published two-thirds of the university imprints.
• Five other university presses published one volume each (Georgia, Harvard, Oxford, Georgetown, and Missouri)

73% of the books were published by trade presses (41 of 56)

• Westholme Publishing produced the largest number of books (8).
• McFarland, Savas Beatie, and The History Press were in second place with three newly published books each.

Who are the authors?

• 84% Men and 16% Women
• PhD is the most common education level (28), with four JDs, 2 MDs, and 30 other occupations, including full-time historians.
• Over 41% work in Academia (1 High School, 4 adjunct professors, 1 retired academic, and 20 active full-time professors)
• Public History is the second most common occupation (16%)
• Jim Piecuch is the only author to publish two books this year

Do you need a Ph.D. for a university press to publish your book?

• Of the 17 authors published by a university press, there were thirteen Ph. D.s, two JDs, and two with less formal education.

What is the educational background of authors published by a trade press?

• Almost 40% of the trade press books published were authored by PhD’s

Information on American Revolution Books and Journals

List of 2023 American Revolution Books

Book reviews are noted where available. Principle reviewers include the Journal of the American Revolution (JAR), Researching the American Revolution website, Wall Street Journal, Kentucky’s H-Net, and the New York Times.

Biographies (13)

Barbier, Brooke. King Hancock: The Radical Influence of a Moderate Founding Father. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 2023.

• The first Hancock biography since Harlow Giles Unger’s in 2000.
• It was included in New York Times holiday gift suggestions.
• Boston Globe Review – https://www.bostonglobe.com/2023/10/08/arts/john-hancock-biography-moderate-founding-father-american-revolution/
• Wall Street Journal – https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/holiday-gift-books-biography-3876f05a?reflink=integratedwebview_sharemef26a?reflink=integratedwebvi
• JAR Review https://allthingsliberty.com/2024/03/king-hancock-the-radical-influence-of-a-moderate-founding-father/

Bernstein, Richard B. Hamilton: The Energetic Founder. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2023.

• The Guardian Review – https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/aug/05/hamilton-the-energetic-founder-rb-bernstein#:~:text=Hamilton%3A%20The%20Energetic%20Founder%20review%3A%20a%20fast%20and%20satisfying%20read,-RB%20Bernstein%2C%20who&text=If%20you%20never%20read,just%20the%20book%20for%20you.

Cox, Howard W. American Traitor: General James Wilkinson’s Betrayal of the Republic and Escape from Justice. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, 2023.

• JAR Review – https://allthingsliberty.com/2023/07/american-traitor-general-james-wilkinsons-betrayal-of-the-republic-and-escape-from-justice/

Ekin, Des. The Lionkeeper of Algiers: How an American Captive Rose to Power in Barbary and Saved His Homeland from War Essex, CT: Prometheus Books, 2023.

• JAR Review – https://allthingsliberty.com/2023/12/the-lionkeeper-of-algiers-how-an-american-captive-rose-to-power-in-barbary-and-saved-his-homeland-from-war/

Green, Shirley L. Revolutionary Blacks: Discovering the Frank Brothers, Freeborn Men of Color, Soldiers of… Independence. Yardley, PA: Westholme Publishing, 2023.

• JAR Review – https://allthingsliberty.com/2023/11/revolutionary-blacks-discovering-the-frank-brothers-freeborn-men-of-color-soldiers-of-independence/

Head, David, and Timothy Hemmis, eds. Republic of Scoundrels: The Schemers, Intriguers, and Adventurers Who Created a New American Nation. New York, NY: Pegasus Books, 2023.

• JAR Reviewhttps://allthingsliberty.com/2024/02/a-republic-of-scoundrels-the-schemers-intriguers-and-adventurers-who-created-a-new-american-nation/
• Wall Street Journal Review – https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/founding-partisans-and-a-republic-of-scoundrels-opportunists-and-patriots-b61dbf2f?mod=arts-culture_feat1_reviews_pos1

Holdzkom, Marianne. Remembering John Adams: The Second President in History, Memory and Popular Culture. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2023.

• Journal of the American Revolution Review – https://allthingsliberty.com/2023/05/remembering-john-adams/
• Researching the American Revolution Review – https://researchingtheamericanrevolution.com/2024/02/09/who-was-john-adams-who-is-john-adams/

Kelly, Jack. God Save Benedict Arnold: The True Story of America’s Most Hated Man—New York: St. Martin’s Press, 2023.

• Jack Kelly continues the historiography trend of reinterpreting Benedict Arnold as more complex than a simple traitor.
• American Revolution Author Talk – https://youtu.be/wKARa03UYCc?si=3R_J75pNUIMsyjk3

Malcolm, Joyce Lee. Times That Try Men’s Souls: The Adams, the Quincys, and the Families Divided by the American Revolution–And How They Shaped a New Nation. Pegasus Books, 2023.

• JAR Review – https://allthingsliberty.com/2024/02/the-times-that-try-mens-souls-the-adams-the-quincys-and-the-battle-for-loyalty-in-the-american-revolution/

Shay, Michael E. The Whites of Their Eyes: The Life of Revolutionary War Hero Israel Putnam from Rogers’ Rangers to Bunker Hill. Essex, Connecticut: Stackpole Books, 2023.

• New York Journal of Books Review – https://www.nyjournalofbooks.com/book-review/whites-their-eyes-life-revolutionary-war

Trujillo, Josh, and Levi Hastings. Washington’s Gay General: The Legends and Loves of Baron Von Steuben. New York: Abrams ComicArts – Surely, 2023.

• Washington Independent Review of Books – https://www.washingtonindependentreviewofbooks.com/index.php/bookreview/washingtons-gay-general-the-legends-and-loves-of-baron-von-steuben

Vicchio, Stephen. Benjamin Franklin’s Religion. Somerville, MA: Wisdom Publications, 2023).

Waldstreicher, David. The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley: A Poet’s Journey Through American Slavery and Independence. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023.

• New York Times Review – https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/07/books/review/the-odyssey-of-phillis-wheatley-david-waldstreicher.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
  The Subversive Art of Phillis Wheatley
• JAR Review – https://allthingsliberty.com/2023/03/the-odyssey-of-phillis-wheatley/

Campaigns and Battles (7)

Cecere, Michael. United for Independence: The American Revolution in the Middle Colonies, 1775-1776. Westholme Publishing, 2023.

• JAR Review – https://allthingsliberty.com/2023/09/united-for-independence-the-american-revolution-in-the-middle-colonies-1775-1776/

Scarlett, Kenneth. Victory Day—Winning American Independence: The Defeat of the British Southern Strategy (North Charleston, SC: Palmetto Publishing, 2023)

• JAR Review – https://allthingsliberty.com/2023/05/victory-day-winning-american-independence-the-defeat-of-the-british-southern-strategy/

Sterner, Eric. The Battle of Upper Sandusky, 1782. Yardley, Pennsylvania: Westholme Publishing, LLC, 2023.

• JAR Review – https://allthingsliberty.com/2023/05/the-battle-of-upper-sandusky-1782/

Orrison, Robert, and Mark Wilcox. All That Can Be Expected: The Battle of Camden and the British High Tide in the South, August 16, 1780. El Dorado Hills, CA: Savas Beatie, 2023.

Harris, Michael C. Philadelphia Campaign, 1777-78. Havertown, PA: Casemate Publishers, 2023.

• Manhattan Book Review – https://manhattanbookreview.com/product/the-philadelphia-campaign-1777-casemate-illustrated/

Maloy, Mark. To the Last Extremity: The Battles for Charleston, 1776-1782 (El Dorado Hills, CA: Savas Beatie LLC, 2023)

• JAR Review – https://allthingsliberty.com/2023/07/to-the-last-extremity-the-battles-for-charleston-1776-1782/

Provan, Joshua. Every Hazzard and Fatigue: The Siege of Pensacola, 1781. Warwick, UK: Helion and Company, 2023.

Loyalism (7)

Compeau, Timothy. Dishonored Americans: The Political Death of Loyalists in Revolutionary America. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2023.

• JAR Review – https://allthingsliberty.com/2024/01/dishonored-americans-the-political-death-of-loyalists-in-revolutionary-america/

Kierner, Cynthia A. The Tory’s Wife: A Woman and Her Family in Revolutionary America. The Revolutionary Age. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2023.

• JAR Review https://allthingsliberty.com/2023/09/the-torys-wife-a-woman-and-her-family-in-revolutionary-america/
• H-Net Review https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showpdf.php?id=59621
• Wall Street Journal – https://www.wsj.com/arts-culture/books/the-torys-wife-review-divided-loyalties-22801a9f?reflink=integratedwebview_share

Minty, Christopher F. Unfriendly to Liberty: Loyalist Networks and the Coming of the American Revolution in New York City. Ithaca [New York]: Cornell University Press, 2023.

• Jar Review https://allthingsliberty.com/2023/07/unfriendly-to-liberty-loyalist-networks-and-the-coming-of-the-american-revolution-in-new-york-city/

Moore, Peter. Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness: Britain and the American Dream. First American. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023.

• Researching the American Revolution – https://researchingtheamericanrevolution.com/2023/07/14/the-surprising-british-intellectual-roots-of-the-declaration-of-independence/

Moy, Daniel R. Antiquity and Loyalist Dissent in Revolutionary America, 1765-1776. London and New York: Anthem Press, 2023.

Piecuch, Jim. South Carolina Provincials: Loyalists in British Service during the American Revolution. Yardley, Pennsylvania: Westholme Publishing, LLC, 2023.

• JAR Review – https://allthingsliberty.com/2023/07/south-carolina-provincials-loyalists-in-british-service-during-the-american-revolution/

Williams, Marie Danielle Annette. Loyalists in the Adirondacks: The Fight for Britain in the Revolutionary War. Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2023.

Social/Economic/General History (7)

Hagist, Don N., ed. Journal of the American Revolution: Annual Volume 2023. Yardley, [Penn.]: Westholme, 2023.

• The ninth annual printed compendium of online JAR articles published by Westholme, with the tenth volume anticipated in 2024.

Land, Jeremy, ed. Colonial Ports, Global Trade, and the Roots of the American Revolution (1700 – 1776). Library of Economic History, vol. 18. Leiden ; Boston: Brill, 2023.

• Researching the American Revolution – https://researchingtheamericanrevolution.com/2023/10/25/colonial-americans-resisting-mercantilism-and-seeking-free-trade/
• Economic History Association – https://eh.net/book_reviews/colonial-ports-global-trade-and-the-roots-of-the-american-revolution-1700-1776/

Piecuch, Jim, ed. Seven Myths of the American Revolution. Myths of History. Cambridge: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc, 2023.

Symington, Timothy. “Huzza!”: Toasting a New Nation, 1760-1815. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2023.

• JAR Review – https://allthingsliberty.com/2024/03/huzza-toasting-a-new-nation-1760-1815/

Thompson, Bob. Revolutionary Roads: Searching for the War That Made America Independent…and All the Places It Could Have Gone Terribly Wrong. New York: Twelve, 2023.

• Wall Street Journal – ‘Revolutionary Roads’ Review: Mythical Ground
• Law & Liberty – https://lawliberty.org/book-review/what-if-there-was-never-a-revolution/https://lawliberty.org/book-review/what-if-there-was-never-a-revolution/
• Berkshire Eagle – https://www.berkshireeagle.com/arts_and_culture/books/book-review-bob-thompson-revolutionary-roads/article_ca02d46a-aca3-11ed-b413-73863b5d5664.html
• JAR Review – https://allthingsliberty.com/2023/02/revolutionary-roads/

Warren, Jack D. Freedom: The Enduring Importance of the American Revolution. Essex, Connecticut: Lyons Press, 2023.

White, Ashli. Revolutionary Things – Material Culture and Politics in the Late Eighteenth-Century Atlantic World. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2023.

• H-Net Reviews – https://www.h-net.org/reviews/showrev.php?id=59382

Local Histories (7)

Carp, Benjamin L. The Great New York Fire of 1776: A Lost Story of the American Revolution. New Haven: Yale University Press, 2023.

• Washington Post – https://www.washingtonpost.com/books/2023/03/15/1776-new-york-fire-book/
• JAR Review –  https://allthingsliberty.com/2023/03/the-great-new-york-fire-of-1776/
• CUNY Graduate Center – https://www.gc.cuny.edu/news/who-burned-new-york-1776
• Smithsonian Magazine – https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/did-george-washington-order-rebels-to-burn-new-york-city-in-1776-180982153/
• The Atlantic – https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2023/03/george-washington-burn-new-york-great-fire-1776/672780/
• Jones, T. Cole. “Review of The Great New York City Fire of 1776, by Benjamin Carp.” The Journal of Military History 88, no. 1 (January 2024): 198–200.

Donoghue, Norman E. Prisoners of Congress: Philadelphia’s Quakers in Exile, 1777-1778. University Park, Pennsylvania: The Pennsylvania State University Press, 2023.

• JAR Review – https://allthingsliberty.com/2023/09/prisoners-of-congress-philadelphias-quakers-in-exile-1777-1778/

Chandler, Abby. Seized with the Temper of the Times: Identity and Rebellion in Pre-Revolutionary America. Yardley, PA: Westholme Publishing, 2023.

• JAR Review – https://allthingsliberty.com/2023/10/the-latest-release-in-the-jar-books-series-and-an-interview-with-the-author-abby-chandler/

Kotlik, George. East Florida in the Revolutionary Era 1763-1785 (Athens, GA: NewSouth Books, University of Georgia Press, 2023)

• JAR Review – https://allthingsliberty.com/2023/06/east-florida-in-the-revolutionary-era-1763-1785/

Melnick, Richard. Long Island City in 1776: The Revolution Comes to Queens (The History Press, 2023)

• JAR Review – https://allthingsliberty.com/2023/08/long-island-city-in-1776-the-revolution-comes-to-queens/#:~:text=Richard%20Melnick%27s%20Long%20Island%20City,York%20City%20played%20in%201776.

Griffin, David M. Chronicles of the British Occupation of Long Island. Charleston: The History Press, 2023.

• Newsday Review – https://www.newsday.com/long-island/li-life/revolutionary-war-long-island-david-griffin-phhkrflj

McGurty, Michael S. George Washington Versus the Continental Army Showdown at the New Windsor Cantonment, 1782-1783. Jefferson: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers, 2023.

• JAR Review – https://allthingsliberty.com/2023/12/george-washington-versus-the-continental-army-showdown-at-the-new-windsor-cantonment-1782-1783/

Politics (4)

Fichter, James R. Tea: Consumption, Politics, and Revolution, 1773-1776. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2023.

Houpt, David W. To Organize the Sovereign People: Political Mobilization in Revolutionary Pennsylvania. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2023.

Merritt, Eli. Disunion among Ourselves: The Perilous Politics of the American Revolution. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 2023.

• JAR Review – https://allthingsliberty.com/2023/06/disunion-among-ourselves-the-perilous-politics-of-the-american-revolution/
• The Intercept – https://theintercept.com/2023/08/04/deconstructed-american-revolution-colonies-history/
• Law & Liberty – https://lawliberty.org/book-review/a-shotgun-wedding/

Shumate, Ken. The Sugar Act and the American Revolution. Yardley, Pa.: Westholme, 2023.

• JAR Review – https://allthingsliberty.com/2023/04/the-sugar-act-and-the-american-revolution/
• New York Almanack – https://www.newyorkalmanack.com/2023/01/the-sugar-act-and-the-american-revolution/

Slavery (2)

Bellerjeau, Claire. Espionage and Slavery in the Revolution: The True Story of Robert Townsend and Elizabeth. Guilford, CT: Lyons Press, 2023.

Larson, Edward J. American Inheritance: Liberty and Slavery in the Birth of a Nation, 1765-1795. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2023.

• JAR Review – https://allthingsliberty.com/2023/05/american-inheritance-liberty-and-slavery-in-the-birth-of-a-nation-1765-1795/
• Researching the American Revolution Review https://researchingtheamericanrevolution.com/2023/02/23/a-refreshing-non-polarizing-approach-to-interpreting-the-revolutionary-era/

Geography (2)

Barone, Michael. Mental Maps of the Founders. New York, N.Y.: Encounter Books, 2023.

• American Revolution Institute Author Talk – https://youtu.be/LJIcAWWriks?si=_8PmZ0Bi5W2NZe8H

Bonk, David, and George Anderson. Atlas of the Battles and Campaigns of the American Revolution, 1775-1783. Warwick, UK: Helion and Company, 2023.

Atlantic View (2)

Corbett, Theodore. A Maritime History of the American Revolutionary War: An Atlantic-Wide Conflict over Independence and Empire. Yorkshire and Philadelphia: Pen & Sword, 2023

• JAR Review – https://allthingsliberty.com/2024/04/a-maritime-history-of-the-american-revolution/

O’Shaughnessy, Andrew Jackson, John A. Ragosta, and Marie-Jeanne Rossignol, eds. European Friends of the American Revolution. The Revolutionary Age. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2023.

Confederation Period (2)

Blaakman, Michael A. Speculation Nation: Land Mania in the Revolutionary American Republic. Early American Studies. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2023.

• JAR Review – https://allthingsliberty.com/2023/11/speculation-nation-land-mania-in-the-revolutionary-american-republic/
• Massachusetts Historical Society Author Talk – https://youtu.be/7cN8q9Uyhko?si=uPNQ77s0MbOvd0_N

Crytzer, Brady. The Whiskey Rebellion: A Distilled History of an American Crisis. Yardley, Pennsylvania: Westholme Publishing, LLC, 2023.

• JAR Review – https://allthingsliberty.com/2023/08/the-whiskey-rebellion-a-distilled-history-of-an-american-crisis/
• Emerging Revolutionary War – https://emergingrevolutionarywar.org/2023/11/15/book-review-the-whiskey-rebellion-a-distilled-history-of-an-american-crisis-yardley-pa-westholme-publishing-2023/
• Researching the American Revolution – https://researchingtheamericanrevolution.com/2023/09/19/distilling-the-past/
• Pittsburgh Quarterly – https://pittsburghquarterly.com/articles/the-rebellious-spirits-still-haunting-pittsburgh/
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette – https://www.post-gazette.com/ae/books/2023/10/25/whiskey-rebellion-pittsburgh-pennsylvania-westsylvania-george-washington-alexander-hamilton/stories/202310250054

Medicine (2)

Becker, Ann M. Smallpox in Washington’s Army: Disease, War, and Society during the American Revolutionary War. New York: Lexington Books, 2023.

• Mary Shuman. “Smallpox in Washington’s Army by Ann M. Becker.” The Journal of Military History 88, no. 1 (January 2024): 200–202.

Howard, Martin R. Fevered Fight: Medical History of the American Revolution 1775-1783. Yorkshire and Philadelphia: Pen & Sword Military, 2023.

• Readers interested in the Fevered Fight might also be interested in the Contagion of Liberty, published in 2022.
• Researching the American Revolution –https://researchingtheamericanrevolution.com/2023/10/19/medicine-in-the-american-revolution/
• JAR Review – https://allthingsliberty.com/2024/02/the-fevered-fight-a-medical-history-of-the-american-revolution-1775-1783/

Military Organization (1)

Bohm, Jason Q. Washington’s Marines: The Origins of the Corps and the American Revolution, 1775-1777. El Dorado Hills, CA: Savas Beatie LLC, 2023.

• Professional Military Education – https://www.professionalmilitaryeducation.com/washingtons-marines/
• American Revolution Institute Author Talk – https://youtu.be/3uGyCWNCqQg?si=38hEGwobvRjUU_5b

Print Journal Articles

Print Journal	Articles	Book Reviews
Early American Studies	2	0
American History Review	1	1
Journal of Military History	0	4
Journal of American History	0	3
Journal of Early American History	1	7
William & Mary Quarterly	1	4
Totals	5	19

The Journal of Military History

• January 2023 – Book Review (1)

• Bradstreet Weaver, John. 2023. “Leading Like the Swamp Fox: The Leadership Lessons of Francis Marion.” Journal of Military History 87 (1): 202–4. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=smf&AN=160919546&site=ehost-live

• April 2023 Book Review (3)

• Down the Warpath to the Cedars: Indians’ First Battles in the Revolution by Mark R. Anderson, reviewed by Timothy J. Shannon 485-6.

• Surviving the Winters: Housing Washington’s Army during the American Revolution by Steven Elliott, review by Harold Selesky 488-90

• The Battle of Gloucester 1777 by Garry Wheeler Stone and Paul W. Schopp, reviewed by Anna Fitzpatrick Layer 486-488.

• July 2023 Book review (1)

• Contest for Liberty: Military Leadership in the Continental Army, 1775-1783. By Nathaniel Jarrett, reviewed by Jeremy Black 814-6.

• October 2023- no articles or book reviews (0)

The Journal of American History

• March 2023 Book Reviews (1)

1. Ellis, Joseph J. The Cause: The American Revolution and Its Discontents, 1773-1783. New York, N.Y: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a W.W. Norton & Company division, 2021.

• June 2023 Book Reviews (1)

1. Ragsdale, Bruce A. Washington at the Plow: The Founding Farmer and the Question of Slavery. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press, 2021.

• September 2023 Book Reviews (1)

1. Jones, Brad A. Resisting Independence: Popular Loyalism in the Revolutionary British Atlantic. Ithaca, [New York]: Cornell University Press, 2021.

Journal of the Early Republic

• Spring 2023 – Book Reviews (4)

• Becker, Ann M. Review of Feeding Washington’s Army: Surviving the Valley Forge Winter of 1778, by Ricardo A. Herrera. Journal of the Early Republic, vol. 43 no. 1, 2023, p. 176-179. Project MUSE, https://doi.org/10.1353/jer.2023.0018.

• Carp, Benjamin L. Review of The Boston Massacre: A Family History, by Serena Zabin. Journal of the Early Republic, vol. 43 no. 1, 2023, p. 168-170. Project MUSE, https://doi.org/10.1353/jer.2023.0015.
• Lender, Mark Edward. Review of North of America: Loyalists, Indigenous Nations, and the Borders of the Long American Revolution, by Jeffers Lennox. Journal of the Early Republic, vol. 43 no. 1, 2023, p. 166-167. Project MUSE, https://doi.org/10.1353/jer.2023.0014.

• Van, Rachel Tamar. Review of Minds and Hearts: The Story of James Otis, Jr. and Mercy Otis Warren, by Jeffrey H. Hacker. Journal of the Early Republic, vol. 43 no. 1, 2023, p. 181-184. Project MUSE, https://doi.org/10.1353/jer.2023.0020.

• Summer 2023 – Article (1)
  • O’Keefe, Kieran J. “The Hudson River Valley Loyalists in British North America: Connection, Community, and Continuity.” Journal of the Early Republic, vol. 43 no. 2, 2023, p. 301-322. Project MUSE, https://doi.org/10.1353/jer.2023.a897987.

• Book Reviews (1)
  • Crytzer, Brady J. Review of Hessians: German Soldiers in the American Revolutionary War, by Friederike Baer. Journal of the Early Republic, vol. 43 no. 2, 2023, p. 326-328. Project MUSE, https://doi.org/10.1353/jer.2023.a897989.

• Fall 2023 Book reviews (2)

• Schwartz, Marie Jenkins. Review of Women in George Washington’s World ed. by Charlene M. Boyer Lewis and George W. Boudreau. Journal of the Early Republic 43, no. 3 (2023): 494-497. https://doi.org/10.1353/jer.2023.a905099.

• Ablavsky, Gregory Review of Creek Internationalism in an Age of Revolution, 1763-1818, by James L. Hill. Journal of the Early Republic, vol. 43 no 2, 2023, p. 500-503. Project Muse, https://muse.jhu.edu/pub/56/article/905101.

William & Mary Quarterly

• January 2023 Book Reviews (3)

• Costello, Matthew R. Review of George Washington’s Hair: How Early Americans Remembered the Founders, by Keith Beutler. The William and Mary Quarterly 80, no. 1 (2023): 161-164. https://doi.org/10.1353/wmq.2023.0002.

• Knouff, Gregory T. Review of Congress’s Own: A Canadian Regiment, the Continental Army, and the American Union, by Holly A. Mayer. The William and Mary Quarterly 80, no. 1 (2023): 182-186. https://doi.org/10.1353/wmq.2023.0007.

• Duval, Lauren. Review of The Boston Massacre: A Family History, by Serena Zabin. The William and Mary Quarterly 80, no. 1 (2023): 198-202. https://doi.org/10.1353/wmq.2023.0010.

• April 2023 Book Reviews (1)

• Hudson, Angela Pulley. Review of Creek Internationalism in an Age of Revolution, 1763–1818, by James L. Hill. The William and Mary Quarterly 80, no. 2 (2023): 408-412. https://doi.org/10.1353/wmq.2023.0025.

• July 2023 Article (1), No Book Reviews

• Borucki, Alex, and José Luis Belmonte Postigo. “The Impact of the American Revolutionary War on the Slave Trade to Cuba.” The William and Mary Quarterly 80, no. 3 (2023): 493-524. https://doi.org/10.1353/wmq.2023.a903165.

• October 2023 – No articles or Book Reviews

American History Review

• March 2023 – 0 Articles and 1 Review
  • Gould, Eliga. “Transactional Revolutionaries.” The American Historical Review 128, no. 1 (March 1, 2023): 405–8. https://doi.org/10.1093/ahr/rhad135.
• June 2023 – 0 Articles and 0 Reviews
• September 2023 – 1 Article and 0 Reviews
  • DeLay, Brian. “The Arms Trade and American Revolutions.” The American Historical Review 128, no. 3 (September 1, 2023): 1144–81. https://doi.org/10.1093/ahr/rhad241.

Early American Studies

• Winter 2023 – 0 Articles and 0 Reviews
• Spring 2023 – 0 Articles and 0 Reviews
• Summer 2023 – 1 Article and 0 Reviews
  • Dunagin, Amy. “Liberty or Death: Patrick Henry, Theatrical Song, and Transatlantic Patriot Politics.” Early American Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal 21, no. 3 (2023): 491-505. https://doi.org/10.1353/eam.2023.a904224.
• Fall 2023 – 1 Article and 0 Reviews
  • Siddique, Asheesh Kapur. “The Ideological Origins of “Written” Constitutionalism.” Early American Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal 21, no. 4 (2023): 557-599. https://doi.org/10.1353/eam.2023.a912121.

Journal of the American Revolution

Month                         Articles           Book Reviews

January                        7                                  3

February                      9                                  3

March                          12                                3

April                            9                                  3

May                             9                                  4

June                             9                                  2

July                             4                                  4

August                        10                                3

September                   7                                  3

October                       9                                  1

November                   8                                  3

Total                            94                                32

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