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Award-winning author of historical fiction with a dash of sci-fi. My blog, Yankee Doodle Spies, profiles the people, places & things of the Revolutionary War.

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Find me on my Amazon Author Page https://t.co/UVekAQUOhm… And at my website https://t.co/8fdmHlgHO1
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#RevWar Action & Intrigue! The Cavalier Spy will transport you behind British lines in the late months of 1776. Or, transport your history-lover friends so you don't have to fight those pesky Hessians on your own... #History #AmRev
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Fall 1776: Times that try men’s souls! Despite stopping the onslaught of the British and Hessians at Harlem, General George Washington faces a deluge of crises. The City of New York is firmly in...
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14 Nov 1776 London The St. James Chronicle reports "The very identical Dr. Franklyn [Ben Franklin], whom Lord Chatham (pro American politician) so much caressed, and used to say he was proud in calling his friend, is now at the head of the rebellion in North America."
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Fleet dashcams for commercial vehicles. Full integration with telematics for video exceptions, driver coaching and accident video. Live view. In &/or Out recording.
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General Disaster https://t.co/TNcPkwGCAI
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14 Nov 1775 Col Benedict Arnold’s forces arrive on the Plains of Abraham outside Quebec. Arnold demands garrison's surrender. Lt Col Allen Maclean refused. Short on supplies & lacking artillery, Arnold goes to Pointe-aux-Trembles to await reinforcements. #RevWar #History #AmRev
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13 Nov 1780 Gen William Woodford, taken on a British prison ship to New York City from Charleston, South Carolina, died in captivity in New York City, and was buried at Trinity Church. #RevWar #History #AmRev
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The award-winning documentary that Sen. Adam Schiff demanded to have removed from Amazon Prime shows how metabolic and other natural cancer treatments work. "We're not giving cancer an opportunity to detour . . . to escape down one of its usual [biochemical] pathways."
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The Fighting Judge https://t.co/r3MdVBNxPU
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13 Nov 1775 Gen Benedict Arnold leads his command across the St Lawrence River in a night crossing and lands near Quebec. #RevWar #History #AmRev
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13 Nov 1775, Continental Army Brigadier General Richard Montgomery takes Montreal, Canada, without opposition. Carleton had withdrawn his forces to Quebec, where he would await reinforcement from Britain. #RevWar #History #AmRev
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Would you pay $175 just to park at a World Cup game?
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12 Nov 1776 Fort Lee, NJ. Gen George Washington and Gen Nathanael Greene confer without a decision over the value of maintaining a garrison at Fort Washington, with the British in complete control of NYC and the North (Hudson) River. #RevWar #History #AmRev
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12 Nov 1776, NYC, The British fleet sailed for England. It consisted of the empty transports that had brought General Howe's army from England. #RevWar #History #AmRev
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Tinkerer, Sailor, Soldier, Surgeon https://t.co/YvKRuQ833i
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Mattress Shopping in 2025
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Held off posting this classic edition of the Yankee Doodle Spies Blog so that readers can celebrate Veterans' Day a little longer... First Patriots, First Veterans https://t.co/peDo1mZKIZ
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The Missi Minute Resistance Continues, But... Subdued but resentful, Hunald bided his time, even harassing Frankish supply lines during Martel's campaigns against Umayyad forces in Provence and Septimania (736–739). True respite arrived only with Martel's death in 741.
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Entertaining intro to America's War for Independence... British invasion! A spy's treachery! An army's defeat! A nation's destiny! A desperate General Washington taps Jeremiah Creed to wage a different kind of war. Delivers #RevWar Action & Intrigue!
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1776 New York City Invasion! When the British Army lands on Long Island in the summer of 1776, General George Washington faces his greatest challenge: a Loyalist spy’s treachery has sent the Contin...
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Find all my books on Amazon and other fine booksellers worldwide... https://t.co/ZXtVZgJBf4
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Hosting a party or celebrating the holidays? Spend less time planning and more time with your guests with @raleys ready-to-serve Party Trays. Order everything from sandwiches and salads to charcuteries, sushi, desserts and more! Make party planning effortless by getting it
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12 Nov 1775 Hearing of England's rejection of the Olive Branch Petition, Abigail Adams wrote to her husband John, "Let us separate.... Let us renounce them… Let us beseech the almighty to blast their councils and bring to Nought all their devices." #RevWar #History #AmRev
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