Jane E. Calvert is Director and Chief Editor of The John Dickinson Writings Project. This interview is based on her new book, Penman of the Founding: A Biography of John Dickinson (Oxford University Press, 2024). JF: What led you to […]
Revolutionary War
The Author’s Corner with Christopher R. Pearl
Christopher R. Pearl is Associate Professor and Chair of History at Lycoming College. This interview is based on his new book, Declarations of Independence: Indigenous Resilience, Colonial Rivalries, and the Cost of Revolution (University of Virginia Press, 2024). JF: What led you […]
The Author’s Corner with Frances Kolb Turnbell
Frances Kolb Turnbell is Instructor of History at the University of North Alabama and editor of the Tennessee Historical Quarterly. This interview is based on her new book, Spanish Louisiana: Contest for Borderlands, 1763–1803 (LSU Press, 2024). JF: What led you […]
The Author’s Corner with Nathan Perl-Rosenthal
Nathan Perl-Rosenthal is Professor of History, French and Italian, and Law at the University of Southern California. This interview is based on his new book, The Age of Revolutions: And the Generations Who Made It (Basic Books, 2024). JF: What […]
Gnawing on lead shot “for pleasure”: A Revolutionary War-era barracks is found at Williamsburg
Here is Michael E. Ruane at The Washington Post: Years after the Williamsburg barracks wereburned, former Continental Army soldier Spencer Davis, of Virginia, recalled seeing the glow from the blaze in the distance. A British force had pounced on the […]