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An Amazing Revolutionary Era Life Discovered!

February 2, 2022by Gene Procknow Leave a comment

Four years ago, I sat next to a dinner party guest and learned about an old journal passed down through generations by her family. The previously unstudied, but well-preserved journal […]

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American Revolution, History, Liberty and Freedom

The Turbulent Beginnings of Paper Money

November 18, 2020by Gene Procknow Leave a comment

Book Review Greenberg, Joshua R. Bank Notes and Shinplasters: The Rage for Paper Money in the Early Republic. American Business, Politics, and Society. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2020. With […]

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Early America, History, Liberty and Freedom

You can read US Grant’s Memoir to study the Civil War but you will learn more about leadership and character!

September 8, 2018by Gene Procknow Leave a comment

Book Review Grant, Ulysses S., John F. Marszalek, David S. Nolen, and Louie P. Gallo. The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant: The Complete Annotated Edition. Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Belknap […]

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Like Washington, can you bank on your boss having your back?

May 28, 2018by Gene Procknow 1 Comment

Imagine you are present during the cold, blustery and bleak winter of 1778 and fighting for the ideals of the American Revolution. The main Continental Army under George Washington is […]

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American Revolution, History, Leadership

Lessons from the King

May 1, 2018by Gene Procknow Leave a comment

Due to hackneyed bravado and overdone patriotism, war movies are usually poor choices to illustrate leadership lessons. However, The King’s Choice (Norwegian: Kongens nei, meaning “The King’s No”) a 2016 […]

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History, Leadership

Wildlife’s Revolutionary Impact on North America

January 22, 2018by Gene Procknow Leave a comment

Book Review Smalley, Andrea L. Wild by Nature: North American Animals Confront Colonization. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017. It’s not often when two of your most fervent passions, the […]

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History, National Parks

Great Historical Accounts Highlight the ABC’s – Ambiguity, Bafflement and Contradictions!

December 31, 2017by Gene Procknow Leave a comment

While Post-modern novelist William H. Gass is best known as a novelist and fiction writer, he offers sage, incisive advice to historians and readers of history. “Historians tend to want […]

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History

Drunkard or Dissenter – The Case of Major General Adam Stephen

July 26, 2017by Gene Procknow Leave a comment

Having gained extensive military experience during the French and Indian War, Virginian Adam Stephen quickly rose through the ranks of the Continental Army officer corps to become one of the […]

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American Revolution, History

The Character and Contributions of a Revolutionary Lord – Major General William Alexander

July 20, 2017by Gene Procknow Leave a comment

A Book Review Nelson, Paul David. William Alexander, Lord Stirling. University, Ala.: University of Alabama Press, 1987. Revolutionary war historians tend to focus on the most famous generals to the […]

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American Revolution, History

Biographies of the Continental Army Major Generals

June 26, 2017by Gene Procknow 2 Comments

A good introduction to the lives and contributions of the twenty-nine major generals of the Continental Army are several collections of biographical essays. Here are some good examples: Overview Biographies […]

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  • General Israel Putnam – Reputation Revisited
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  • Inventing Ethan Allen
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