Tim McGrath, Author Westholme $35 (621p) ISBN 978-1-59416-104-9
This book establishes McGrath, an executive who has written for Naval History
magazine, as an accomplished naval historian. Combining sophisticated use of sources with a pleasing writing style, he masterfully rescues a father of the U.S. Navy from...
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Tim McGrath. NAL Caliber, $26.95 (400p) ISBN 978-0-451-41610-0
McGrath (John Barry: An American Hero in the Age of Sail) enhances his position among American Revolution naval war historians with this comprehensive, fast-paced account of the collection of armed merchantmen (non-naval vessel) manned by amateurs...
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Tim McGrath. Dutton, $34 (736p) ISBN 978-0-451-47726-2
In this dense, painstaking biography, historian McGrath (Give Me a Fast Ship) credits James Monroe (1758–1831) with “creat[ing] the presidency as Americans have come to know it.” Wounded in the Battle of Trenton during the Revolutionary War, Monroe...
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Tim McGrath. Dutton Caliber, $38 (528p) ISBN 978-0-593-18439-4
McGrath (James Monroe) takes the long road to Gettysburg in this rambling group biography of Gen. George G. Meade, Gen. Robert E. Lee, and President Abraham Lincoln. McGrath first focuses on the men’s early lives; the breezy biographical details on...
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