John Rhodehamel
American historian and editor, former curator of American historical manuscripts at the Huntington Library and former archivist at Mount Vernon, known for works on George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and John Wilkes Booth.
Books
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1. The American Revolution
Writings from the War of Independence
A curated collection of firsthand documents from 1775–1783 that follows the struggle from the first clashes through victory at Yorktown, presenting letters, diaries, speeches, broadsides, and official reports from patriots, loyalists, ordinary soldiers, women, and foreign observers. The selections illuminate battlefield realities, political strategy, and ideological debates, revealing the war’s hardships, shifting fortunes, and the emergence of a new national identity, with concise editorial context linking the voices into a coherent narrative.