Journal of the American Revolution 2015: Annual Volume

by Todd Andrlik (Editor)

Overview

The Journal of the American Revolution, Annual Volume 2015, presents the journal’s best historical research and writing over the past calendar year. The volume is designed for institutions, scholars, and enthusiasts to provide a convenient overview of the latest research and scholarship in American Revolution studies. The sixty articles in the 2015 edition include:

How Samuel Adams Recruited Sons of Liberty by J. L. Bell
A Patriot–Loyalist: Playing Both Sides by Todd W. Braisted
How Old Were Redcoats? Age and Experience of British Soldiers in America by Don N. Hagist
The Great West Point Chain by Hugh T. Harrington
Raid Across the Ice: The British Operation to Capture Washington by Benjamin Huggins
So Heavy a Trial: The Burning of New York’s First Capital by Jack Kelly
An Elegant Dinner with General Washington at Valley Forge Headquarters by Nancy K. Loane
Mount Vernon: A Landscape for the New Cincinnatus by Joseph Manca
The British Spy Plot to Capture Fort Ticonderoga by John A. Nagy
The Top Ten British Losers by Andrew O’Shaughnessy
Honorable Lords and Pretend Barons: Sorting Out the Noblemen of the American Revolution by Jim Piecuch
Paul Revere’s Other Riders and Rides by Ray Raphael
William Lee and Oney Judge: A Look at George Washington and Slavery by Mary V. Thompson.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781594166082
Publisher:	Westholme Publishing
Publication date:	12/18/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	432
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

Todd Andrlik was editor of the Journal of the American Revolution until 2018. He is the author of Reporting the Revolutionary War (Sourcebooks, 2012), which was named Book of the Year by the New York American Revolution Round Table.

Table of Contents

Contents
The Currency Act: A Problem and a Solution by Bob Ruppert 
The Stamp Act—A Brief History by Mary Nesnay
The Hidden Life of Crispus Attucks by Jerome J. Palliser 
How Samuel Adams Recruited Sons of Liberty by J. L. Bell 
Benjamin Franklin: America’s First Whistle Blower by John L. Smith, Jr. 
Congress Bans Theatre! by David Malinsky 
The American Revolution Comes to Albany, New York, 1756-1776 by Elizabeth M. Covart
Paul Revere’s Other Riders and Rides by Ray Raphael
The Tryon County Patriots of 1775 and their “Association” by Hershel Parker 
The First Naval Skirmish of the Revolution by Derek W. Beck
Clarifying Washington’s Rank by William M. Welsch
Misinformation, Disinformation, and General Washington’s Gunpowder Supply by J. L. Bell 
Billy Flora at the Battle of Great Bridge by Norman Fuss 
The Worth of a Continental by Michael Barbieri
Bows and Arrows—Pikes and Spears by Hugh T. Harrington
Disarming the Disaffected by Thomas Verenna 
Breaking News: First Reports of Independence by Todd Andrlik
On His Majesty’s Secret Service by Jimmy Dick 
How Old Were Redcoats? Age and Experience of British Soldiers in America by Don N. Hagist
Plotting the “Sacricide” of George Washington by Gary Shattuck 
Rawdon’s Ruse by Don N. Hagist 
“Cursedly Thrashed”: The Battle of Harlem Heights bu Joshua Shepherd 
Easton’s Missing Dead by Thomas Verenna
Top Ten American Loyalist Officers by Gene Procknow 
The British Spy Plot to Capture Fort Ticonderoga in 1777 by John A. Nagy 
A Patriot-Loyalist: Playing Both Sides by Todd W. Braisted
So Heavy a Trial: The Burning of New York’s First Capital by Jack Kelly 
The Great West Point Chain by Hugh T. Harrington 
Explaining Pennsylvania’s Militia by Thomas Verenna 
The Whaleboat Men of Long Island Sound by Jackson Kuhl 
Allen McLane: A Case Study in History and Folklore by Kim Burdick
An Elegant Dinner with General Washington at Valley Forge by Nancy K. Loane 
Silas Deane, Forgotten Patriot by Elizabeth M. Covart 
 The Three Documents that Brought France into the War by Bob Ruppert 
Honorable Lords and Pretended Barons: Sorting Out the Noblemen of the American Revolution by Jim Piecuch 
The Greatest Siege by Don N. Hagist
James Screven—Ambushed! by Wayne Lynch 
Raid Across the Ice: The British Operation to Capture Washington by Benjamin L. Huggins 
Washington Authorizes a Plan to Kidnap a Future King by Christian M. McBurney 
Infantry vs. Cavalry by Daniel Murphy