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Several years ago I ran into writer’s block while working on a historical novel centered at the life of the 18th century revolutionary, Thomas Paine. When curbed like this in the past I would peruse a rather extensive collection of notes until a certain character or event I happened upon shoved the block aside and moved me forward. This didn’t happen, though, and I found myself parked at a wall with my writing machine stuck in neutral.

Before I filed those notes away I looked at them again and began to see the beginning of a chronicle. I remembered friends who had read portions of the unfinished novel wishing aloud that they knew more about our revolution than what they came away with from school, and I decided to attempt a short history of our revolution for them and others like them.

Our local newspaper happened to be close by and I thought, why not write this story in the present tense, as a series of news events including occasional interviews or conversations with major and minor players.

Revolution! was brought into fruition through the guidance of those scholars of our revolutionary period listed in the selected bibliography near the end of this book. The authors and editors of these well worn books on my shelves have educated and enlightened me for many years. I owe them much and I hope my efforts in writing this book will somehow honor theirs.