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Thomas J. Fleming (1927–2017)

Autor(a) de Liberty! The American Revolution [1997 TV mini series]

98+ Works 4,545 Membros 69 Críticas

About the Author

Thomas James Fleming was born in Jersey City, New Jersey on July 5, 1927. During World War II, he served on the cruiser Topeka. He graduated from Fordham University in 1950. He worked as a reporter for The Herald-Statesman in Yonkers and as the executive editor of Cosmopolitan magazine. In 1958, he mostrar mais was asked to write an article for Cosmopolitan about the Battle of Bunker Hill. This assignment led to his writing his first non-fiction book Now We Are Enemies. He wrote almost 50 fiction and non-fiction books during his lifetime. His novels include All Good Men, The Officers' Wives, and Dreams of Glory. His non-fiction book included Duel: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr and the Future of America; The Intimate Lives of the Founding Fathers; The Great Divide: The Conflict Between Washington and Jefferson That Defined a Nation; and The Strategy of Victory: How General George Washington Won the American Revolution. In 2005, he wrote a memoir entitled Mysteries of My Father. He died on July 23, 2017 at the age of 90. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos

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Obras por Thomas J. Fleming

Washington's Secret War (2005) 408 exemplares
Time and Tide (1987) 118 exemplares
Everybody's Revolution (2006) 116 exemplares
1776 Year of Illusions (1975) 112 exemplares
Officer's Wives (1981) 89 exemplares
Remember the Morning (1997) 83 exemplares
The Secret Trial of Robert E. Lee (2006) 74 exemplares
The Louisiana Purchase (2003) 67 exemplares
The Wages of Fame (1998) 62 exemplares
Dreams of Glory (1983) 52 exemplares
Over There (1992) 44 exemplares
The Spoils of War (1985) 42 exemplares
Liberty Tavern (1977) 35 exemplares
A Passionate Girl (1979) 27 exemplares
Conquerors of the Sky (2003) 24 exemplares
Mysteries of My Father (2005) 18 exemplares
Verdicts of History (2016) 18 exemplares
My Days with Harry Truman (2011) 18 exemplares
Bunker Hill (2015) 17 exemplares
Irish American Chronicle (2009) 12 exemplares
Promises to Keep (1978) 9 exemplares
Young Jefferson (2015) 8 exemplares
Thomas Jefferson, (1971) 7 exemplares
Rulers of the City (1977) 6 exemplares
The Battle of Springfield (1975) 5 exemplares
Who Sank the Maine? (2011) 4 exemplares
The Good Shepherd (1974) 3 exemplares
All Good Men (1976) 2 exemplares
The American Revolution — Director — 1 exemplar
Wall Street's Great Crash (2011) 1 exemplar
A cry of whiteness, (1967) 1 exemplar
King of the hill 1 exemplar
Den vita lögnen (1979) 1 exemplar
The Golden Door 1 exemplar

Associated Works

Two Years Before the Mast (1840) — Posfácio, algumas edições3,369 exemplares
What If? 2: Eminent Historians Imagine What Might Have Been (2001) — Contribuidor — 1,024 exemplares
Windhaven (1962) — Introdução, algumas edições709 exemplares
The American Heritage Book of The Revolution (1958) — Prefácio, algumas edições637 exemplares
Writers on Writing: Collected Essays from the New York Times (2001) — Contribuidor — 444 exemplares
Founding Fathers Biographies in Their Own Words: Benjamin Franklin (1972) — Editor; Editor — 92 exemplares
Lady Baltimore (1906) — Prefácio, algumas edições62 exemplares
New Jersey in the American Revolution (2007) — Contribuidor — 30 exemplares
American Heritage Magazine Vol 16 No 5 1965 August (1965) — Contribuidor — 29 exemplares
The Saturday Evening Post Book of the Sea and Ships (1978) — Contribuidor — 16 exemplares
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Autumn 1993 (1993) — Author "Transformation at Saratoga" — 16 exemplares
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Summer 1989 (1989) — Author "The Cowpens" — 15 exemplares
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Spring 1998 (1998) — Author "A Country Without a Father" — 14 exemplares
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Winter 1996 (1995) — Author "Wolfe's Prophetic Victory" — 14 exemplares
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Spring 1999 (1999) — Author "From the Hudson to the Halls of Montezuma" — 13 exemplares
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Winter 1993 (1992) — Author "The Man Who Saved Korea" — 13 exemplares
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Winter 1990 (1989) — Author "George Washington, General" — 12 exemplares
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Autumn 1996 (1996) — Author "Who Was Lafayette?" — 11 exemplares
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Autumn 2007 (2007) — Author "The Father of West Point" — 11 exemplares
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Autumn 1990 (1990) — Author "Braddock's Defeat" — 10 exemplares
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Summer 1994 (1994) — Author "Their Golden Glory" — 10 exemplares
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Winter 2001 (2000) — Author "Old Hickory's Finest Hour" — 10 exemplares
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Winter 2006 (2005) — Author "General George Washington, Politician" and "In Review: Conduct Under Fire" — 9 exemplares
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Winter 1995 (1994) — Author "Iron General" and "A New Definition of "Open Warfare," Learned the Hard Way" — 9 exemplares
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Winter 1998 (1997) — Author "The Man Who Would Not Be King" and "The War After Yorktown" — 9 exemplares
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Winter 2009 (2008) — Author "A Policy Written in Blood" — 9 exemplares
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Winter 2003 (2002) — Author "Birth of the American Way of War" — 9 exemplares
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Winter 1994 (1993) — Author "Band of Brothers" — 9 exemplares
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Spring 2008 (2008) — Author "George Washington's Tears" — 8 exemplares
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Autumn 2003 (2003) — Author "In Review: In the Shadows of War" — 7 exemplares
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Summer 2005 (2005) — Author "Nurse on the Edge of No Man's Land" — 6 exemplares
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Winter 2007 (2006) — Author "Getting the Real Message to Garcia" — 6 exemplares
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Spring 2004 (2004) — Author "We Have Met the Enemy and We Were Almost Theirs" — 6 exemplares
The Story of America: Beginnings to 1914 (2006) — Contribuidor, algumas edições6 exemplares
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Winter 2010 (2009) — Author "Getting Away With Murder" and "In Review: War on the Run" — 6 exemplares
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Summer 2000 (2000) — Author "MacArthur's Pirate" — 5 exemplares
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Summer 2013 (2013) — Author "Escape From Brooklyn" — 3 exemplares
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Spring 2011 (2011) — Author "War of Revenge" and "In Review: George Washington's First War" — 2 exemplares
MHQ: The Quarterly Journal of Military History — Autumn 2010 (2010) — Author "Blinded by Hope" — 1 exemplar

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Nome legal
Fleming, Thomas James
Data de nascimento
1927-07-05
Data de falecimento
2017-07-25
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
USA
Local de nascimento
Jersey City, New Jersey, USA
Local de falecimento
New York, New York, USA
Locais de residência
New Jersey, USA
New York, USA
Educação
Fordham University (1950)
Ocupações
historian
Relações
Fleming, Alice Mulcahey (wife)
Organizações
US Navy
Cosmopolitan magazine

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Críticas

really enjoyed the narrative flow and all the illustrations and first person narratives
 
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cspiwak | 6 outras críticas | Mar 6, 2024 |
Good exploration of the politics underpinnings leading to the duel
 
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cspiwak | 2 outras críticas | Mar 6, 2024 |
 
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ITProf | Dec 12, 2023 |
If you wish to learn of the power struggle between the Continental Congress, a newly formed, standing Continental Army, and his "Excellency" General George Washington, this book is a great read. English tradition had no trust in a standing army, militias that quickly formed to face a threat and just as quickly disbanded as soon as the threat was over were the preferred defense. The new Continental Army flew in the face of this notion. A power struggle between the individual states and the Continental Congress led to numerous policies with no way of being enforced which caused the soldiers to go in want of uniforms, blankets, shoes, and food. A General, who's series of defeats starting with the Battle of Long Island, whose ability to lead was questioned by delegates and others yearning to be given the mantel of power. A great read about all of these subjects - The commissary department, the ill-named Conway Cabal, and the reasons that all these obstacles were ultimately overcome to allow our new nation to survive its first military test.… (mais)
 
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trueblueglue | 5 outras críticas | Nov 23, 2023 |

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ISBN
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