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My new book launched! In print & ebook!
The day has finally arrived—the official release of my new book, Threshold to Valley Forge: The Six Days of the Gulph Mills Encampment! It is now in trade paperback and in ebook format. You can now buy the book on Amazon, https://www.amazon.com/Threshold-Valley-Forge-Gulph-Encampment/dp/1955041318, and at any bookseller. You can see inside the book and read a… Continue reading
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My talk, 3/31, American Revolution Roundtable of Phila., 730 pm.
Please join me on March 31 as I speak to the American Revolution Roundtable of Philadelphia at MaGerks Restaurant Fort Washington, 582 S. Bethlehem Pike, Fort Washington, PA. 19034. My talk begins around 730. Come by 630 to order your drinks and food. Hope to see you there! Continue reading
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Books arriving & preorder discount until 2/28
My nephew Kayode (orange jacket) was the first person besides me to get a copy of my book! Then my nephew Ehren and niece Jayden and their father, Bobby, on Super Bowl Sunday. Many who preordered from the publisher’s website got their books a few weeks ago, too—thank you! You can still preorder from the… Continue reading
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The Continental Army and the New Nation: In Search of a Way Forward, Podcast Episode 4, is live!
Episode 4 of my podcast, Threshold to Valley Forge, is live! Check it out at Spotify at this link or click on the Spotify link below. https://creators.spotify.com/pod/show/sdiane/episodes/The-Continental-Army-and-the-New-Nation-In-Search-of-a-Way-Forward–Pt–1-e2utsm9 Happy listening! I wore my Eagles Super Bowl Championship hat and shirt while recording today to celebrate my home town team (always) winning the Super Bowl on Sunday… Continue reading
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Save 25% on Threshold to Valley Forge Preorders Until Feb. 28
See details on preordering my book, Threshold to Valley Forge: The Six Days of the Gulph Mills Encampment, at 25% off through Feb. 28, the book’s official release date, at my publisher’s website, http://www.brooklinebooks.com. Click on this link for details: https://mailchi.mp/dbbcdist/brooklines-october-book-news-1344730?e=07a7d4855db Read more about my book at my website, http://www.thresholdtovalleyforge.com. Continue reading
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New Podcast Episode—The 5 Main Themes of the Threshold to Valley Forge: The Six Days of the Gulph Mills Encampment
Episode 3 of the Threshold to Valley Forge Podcast is now live! This episode continues the introduction to the book with a review of the five main themes of significant events during the Gulph Mills Encampment: 1) the problems arising from the British Army’s occupation of nearby Philadelphia, 2) where would George Washington and the… Continue reading
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Threshold to Valley Forge Podcast is now live!
I’m so pleased to announce that the podcast about my new book is live. Check out the Threshold to Valley Forge Podcast on Spotify. You can also find it on Apple Podcasts or wherever you access your podcasts. The first episode is “How I came to Write Threshold to Valley Forge and Initial Background on… Continue reading
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“Meticulously researched…compelling narrative…attention to detail”
Thanks to author and Revolutionary War expert Margaret Denise Dennis, whose ancestors were at the Gulph Mills Encampment, for this great review of my upcoming book, Threshold to Valley Forge: The Six Days of the Gulph Mills Encampment. http://www.thresholdtovalleyforge.com “Boston Harbor, Bunker Hill, Lexington and Concord, the Old North Bridge, Saratoga, Fort Ticonderoga, Philadelphia, Independence… Continue reading
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Book launch author talk for Threshold to Valley Forge: The Six Days of the Gulph Mills Encampment
Join me in person or on line at my the book launch author talk for my new book, Threshold to Valley Forge: The Six Days of the Gulph Mills Encampment, on Tuesday, March 4, 630-730, at the American Revolution Institute of the Society of the Cincinnati, Anderson House, 2118 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC! You… Continue reading
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Day 5, Dec. 17, 1777 — Gen. Washington issues inspirational orders announcing the move to Valley Forge and prepares for nation’s first Thanksgiving celebration on Rebel Hill and Gulph Mills
Generals George Washington, Marquis de Lafayette, and Nathaniel Green (Gilder Lehrman collection) December 17, 1777 was a momentous day on Rebel Hill and Gulph Mills. After weeks of debate, General Washington decided on Valley Forge as the site of the Continental Army’s winter quarters. As hard as it is for us to believe today, armies at… Continue reading
