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Winner of the Gilder Lehrman Military History Prize, Winner of the Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award, Winner of The Society of the Cincinnati Prize & Winner of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution 2024 NASDR Excellence in American History Book Award.
In the late summer and fall of…
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As an early American historian, I assigned this book to a graduate seminar on the American Revolution, and it was the most readable version of a military history I've read from that war in a long time. Great pacing and really clear prose made it easily digestible, despite its length. The balance that the author brought between sharp historical analysis and narrative-driven story-telling made this a history book that I could assign to graduate students, undergraduates, or simply gift to my history buff dad. Plus, I learned so much about the significance of the larger Saratoga Campaign and the northern…
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