
Since 2016, I have driven to places where history actually happened to write about how migration, innovation, and invention changed the way that humans have lived, worked, fought, and played.
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Independence Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Photo by author, use only with permission.
The former colonies had fought a long and grim war to break free from Britain. And now with freedom, a new fight erupted. The nascent nation faced a...
“Plan of the Siege of Yorktown, October 6 to 19, 1781,” by Simeon Jean Antoine Fort, 1841. Photo taken by author at an exhibit in the Franco-American Museum, Blerancourt, France. Use only with permission.
For six years, Washington and...
An illustration of one of the “Overmountain Men” who fought at Kings Mountain. Photo by author of exhibit at Kings Mountain Visitor Center.
On my road trip to places where history actually happened, I left Virginia to drive d...
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Painting of a typical scene at the 1780 winter camp at Jockey Hollow by Keith Rocco. Source: Wikimedia Commons, NPS.
During winters in the 18th century, opposing armies withdrew from the fields of combat. The grind of fighting, the...
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I travel to places where history actually happened, often preserved by the National Parks. From these road trips, I have written a history of the United States from the Bering Land Bridge to the Moon landings.
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