Congratulations to Benjamin Carp, friend of The Way of Improvement Leads Home, who was recently chosen as a “Top Young Historian” by the History News Network. Since receiving his Ph.D from the University of Virginia in 2004, Carp has published two excellent books: Rebels Rising: Cities and the American Revolution (Oxford, 2007) and Defiance of the Patriots: The Boston Tea Party and the Making of America (Yale 2010).
And the guy is only 34 years old!!
I look forward to reading many more important historical works from Mr. Carp, but in the meantime, here is a recent talk that he gave on Defiance of the Patriots, at the Colonial Society of Massachusetts.
34! Dang, that's not even fair. Leaving us geriatrics in the dust, John.
Makes me feel better as I'm still working on my masters at age 28…
Paul: No so fast–I seem to remember a young Paul Harvey pumping out books on religion and the south!
John: When I was 34, I was a Lilly Fellow — but no books! Carp is joining Ed Blum and a few others in the wunderkind category.
Paul: Good to know I wasn't the only 34-year old Lilly Fellow.