Review of 2024 American Revolution Book Reviews

2024 was a productive year for book reviews. I reviewed twenty percent of the sixty-three American Revolutionary Era books published this year. The Researching the American Revolution website published eight of the thirteen book reviews, and the Journal of the American Revolution published five. Trade press books accounted for nine, with the academic press publishing four. Westholme Publishing had the most books reviewed, with three.

The book reviews reflect the objectivity and interests of an independent historian. I selected most of the books reviewed based upon my research and reading interests with publishers asking me to review one third of the reviews. Several book review requests were turned down due to weak scholarship. An unsolicited review was for a book by Sunbury Press, the publisher of my 2022 book. I received no compensation for my reviews other than, in some cases, a free book.

The books reviewed are listed below, with online links to the reviews.

For a review of this year’s American Revolutionary scholarship, click 2024 – A Surprisingly Vibrant Market for American Revolution Era Books.

Cherry, Jason A. William Trent: Factor of Ambition. Sunbury, PA: Sunbury Press, 2024.

• Researching the American Revolution Review – https://researchingtheamericanrevolution.com/2024/04/24/the-allure-of-backcountry-commerce-in-revolutionary-america/

Cogliano, Francis D. A Revolutionary Friendship: Washington, Jefferson and the American Republic. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2024.

• Journal of the American Revolution Review – https://allthingsliberty.com/2024/05/a-revolutionary-friendship-washington-jefferson-and-the-american-republic/

Graffagnino, J. Kevin. Ira Allen: A Biography. Barre, VT: Vermont Historical Society, 2024.

• Journal of the American Revolution Review – https://allthingsliberty.com/2024/09/ira-allen-a-biography/
• Researching the American Revolution Review – https://researchingtheamericanrevolution.com/2024/09/02/ira-allen-out-of-the-shadows-of-ethan-his-oldest-brother/

Parry, Nathaniel. Samuel Adams and the Vagabond Henry Tufts: Virtue Meets Vice in the Revolutionary Era. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2024.

• Researching the American Revolution Review – https://researchingtheamericanrevolution.com/2024/05/27/discerning-the-american-revolutions-moral-complexities/

Smith, John L. The Unexpected Abigail Adams: A Woman “Not Apt to be Intimidated.” Yardley, PA: Westholme Publishing, 2024.

• Researching the American Revolution Review – https://researchingtheamericanrevolution.com/2024/06/18/unexpected-yes/

Crawford, Alan Pell. This Fierce People: The Untold Story of America’s Revolutionary War in the South. New York: Knopf, 2024.

• Researching the American Revolution https://researchingtheamericanrevolution.com/2024/06/30/appreciating-the-souths-revolutionary-importance/

Kidder, William L. Defending Fort Stanwix: A Story of the New York Frontier in the American Revolution. Ithaca, NY: Three Hills, 2024.

• Researching the American Revolution review – https://researchingtheamericanrevolution.com/2024/12/27/the-story-behind-the-story-of-the-fort-that-never-surrendered/

Sterner, Eric. Till the Extinction of This Rebellion: George Rogers Clark, Frontier Warfare, and the Illinois Campaign of 1778-1779. Yardley, PA: Westholme Publishing, 2024.

• Researching the American Revolution Review – https://researchingtheamericanrevolution.com/2024/06/01/reassessing-general-george-rogers-clark-as-a-military-leader/

Brookings, Greg. From Empire to Revolution: Sir James Wright and the Price of Loyalty in Georgia. Athens, Georgia: University of Georgia Press, 2024.

• Journal of the American Revolution Review – https://allthingsliberty.com/2024/09/from-empire-to-revolution-sir-james-wright-and-the-price-of-loyalty-in-georgia/

Parkinson, Robert G. Heart of American Darkness: Bewilderment and Horror on the Early Frontier. New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Company, 2024.

• Journal of the American Revolution Review – https://allthingsliberty.com/2024/08/heart-of-american-darkness/

Scribner, Vaughn. Under Alien Skies Environment, Suffering and the Defeat of the British Military in Revolutionary America. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press, 2024.

• Researching the American Revolution Review – https://researchingtheamericanrevolution.com/2024/12/11/soldiers-in-foreign-lands-endure-more-than-battles/

Aubrecht, Michael. Thomas Jefferson and the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom, Faith & Liberty in Fredericksburg. Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2024.

• Journal of the American Revolution Review – https://allthingsliberty.com/2024/10/thomas-jefferson-and-the-virginia-statute-for-religious-freedom/

McGhee, Shawn David. No Longer Subjects of the British King: The Political Transformation of Royal Subjects to Republican Citizens, 174-1776. Journal of the American Revolution Books. Yardley, PA: Westholme Publishing, 2024.

• Researching the American Revolution Review – https://researchingtheamericanrevolution.com/2024/05/09/from-monarchists-to-republicans-in-revolutionary-america/