American Revolution Blog

This Ain't No Fairness Doctrine Here! One of the major criticisms from the historical community of David McCullough's Pulitzer Prize...

Of all the historians of early America, Gordon Wood is my favorite. His book The Radicalism of the American Revolution was one of the man...

A Midwife’s Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812 . By Laurel Ulrich. (New York: Random House Inc., 1990. Pp. 352....

The 2009 Pulitzer Prize winners were announced on Monday , and both books are on topics relating to this blog! Hooray! The winner for the 20...

Since the blog is on a holiday kick, I thought that this might be an appropriate way to continue the theme. After all, I don't want to b...

The American Revolution can, at times, be characterized as a collection of smaller revolutions, all of which contributed and eventually led ...

Jon Meacham , Editor for Newsweek Magazine and author of the book, American Gospel has officially finished his third work of history. In hi...

Historian Gary Nash of UCLA is not only one of the most respected historians on early American history, but has also received praise for th...

Author Steven Waldman of Beliefnet.com discusses his newest book, Founding Faith . Though the video is a little long it is definitely worth...

Perer Lillback, author of the book George Washington's Sacred Fire , makes the assertion that America's first President and Commande...

The newest book by the highly acclaimed early American historian, Gordon Wood, has finally hit stores. The Purpose of the Past: Reflections ...

Renowned historian, David McCullough, has revealed that his next book will be a history about Americans in Paris. As a young man, McCullough...

I am currently reading a book by Susan Jacoby entitled, The Age of American Unreason (which, by the way, I would reccommend to you all), wh...

The 2008 winners of the Pulitzer Prize were announced to the public yesterday, and though this year's winner in the history category is ...

The highly acclaimed historian/biographer, Ron Chernow, has announced his newest project. Chernow has decided to write an unprecedented bio...

Will all of the political talk about Obama's religion, along with the role of faith in the halls of government that seems to be infestin...

Since I currently have no major reading assignments in any of my classes, I have enjoyed the freedom of being able to read books of my own c...

Now that the lives of Abigail and John Adams are all the rave on the web, I thought I might mention a book that I read a while back. It is ...

Here is another topic that is sure to cause debate. Of all the books written on the American Revolution, what are the Top 5 most influential...

There seems to be a never ending stream of books and debates on the topic of religion and the Founding Fathers. You would think that after l...