Resources

The following is a listing (alphabetized by author) of the most influential sources of my research while writing The Enlightened saga. Much of my research came from primary sources, such as letters and order books of army officers, many of which are available to view for free on U.S. government websites. When such materials were collected into print form, they have been listed below.

American Lives and Times, ed. Gerald Reilly, Raleigh Press (2019 & 2020)

Todd W. Braisted, Grand Forage 1778: The Battleground Around New York City, Westholme Publishing LLC (2016)

Benjamin L. Carp, The Great New York Fire of 1776: A Lost Story of the American Revolution, Yale University Press Books (2023)

George E. Daughan, Revolution on the Hudson, W. W. Norton & Co. (2016)

Early American Life magazine

Stephen Fried, Rush: Revolution, Madness, and the Visionary Doctor Who Became a Founding Father, Crown Pub. Grp (2018)

Cpt. Francis Grose, A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (2d ed., 1796)

Mark Edward Lender, Cabal! The Plot Against General Washington, Westholme Publishing LLC (2019)

Joseph Plumb Martin, A Narrative of a Revolutionary Soldier, Signet Classics (2001)

• The book was first published in 1830 with the title A Narrative of Some of the Adventures, Dangers and Sufferings of a Revolutionary Soldier, Interspersed with Anecdotes of Incidents That Occurred Within His Own Observation. In 1962, it was republished and edited by historian George F. Scheer as Private Yankee Doodle, Being a Narrative of some of the Adventures, Dangers and Sufferings of a Revolutionary Soldier.

Journal of the American Revolution

Life and Letters of Samuel Holden Parsons, ed. Charles Samuel Hall, Scholar Select, orig. Otseningo Pub. Co. (1905)

Alexander Rose, Washington’s Spies: The Story of America’s First Spy Ring, Bantam Books (2006)

Smithsonian, The American Revolution: a Visual History, Penguin Random House (2016)

Alex Storozynski, The Peasant Prince: Thaddeus Kosciuszko and the Age of Revolution, Thomas Dunne Books (2009)

Benjamin Tallmadge, Memoir of Col. Benjamin Tallmadge (F.A. Tallmadge, ed., 1858)

James Thacher, M.D., A Military Journal During the American Revolutionary War, Scholar Select

• Originally published by Richardson & Lord in 1823

Don Troiani & James L. Kochan, Don Troiani’s Soldiers of the American Revolution, Stackpole Books (2007)

Washington Writings, Penguin Random House, Inc. (1997)

Playlist

Just for fun - the following is the playlist of my go-to music that played in the background while I wrote The Enlightened saga. Feel free to give these soundtracks a listen when you read to see if it adds to the story for you, as well!

Assassin’s Creed III (2012), game soundtrack by Lorne Balfe

John Adams (2008), miniseries soundtrack by Rob Lane and Joseph Vitarelli

Game of Thrones, specifically loops of “Winterfell” and “The Frozen North”, soundtrack by Ramin Djawadi

Gladiator (2000), soundtrack by Hans Zimmer and Lisa Gerrard

The Last of the Mohicans (1992), soundtrack by Trevor Jones

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (2000), soundtrack by Michael J. Lewis

Outlander, soundtrack for complete series by Bear McCreary

Poldark, Ultimate Collection (2019), soundtrack for complete series by Anne Dudley

Turn: Washington’s Spies, instrumental soundtrack by Marco Beltrami

• Because this soundtrack is almost entirely vocal, this soundtrack was my go-to for when I was scouring the internet for information or focusing on marketing projects. I cannot write to music that contains vocals.

Song that would play over the closing credits of a filmed version of :

• Witness to the Revolution: “My Tears Ricochet” by Taylor Swift

• The General’s Watch: “Head Above Water” by Avril Lavigne