About 1776: Medicine and War, Doctors and the Battle for America (Published 2026)
From a nationally-known physician-author, here is the gripping tale of medicine and diseases in the American Revolutionary War. During the eight years of the war, 7000 Americans were killed in action but nearly 20,000 died of diseases. 1776: Medicine and War is an absorbing, fact- filled account of how and why diseases had so great an impact on the soldiers and the course of the war. As a work of non-fiction, it places Eighteenth-Century care in the context of medical progress of the last 250 years. It is an engaging tour of Revolutionary War times, the medical personalities, and the curious treatments. Doctors served as battlefield leaders and disproportionately as statesmen during and after the war.Written amidst the 250th anniversary of American Independence, 1776: Medicine and War is an intriguing and under-appreciated story of our country’s founding. Read excerpt and reviews on Amazon.
About The Rogue's Plot: The Untold Story of 1777 (Published 2024)
What if? At the height of the American Revolution, a rogue British officer, craving recognition from his superiors, launches a diabolical plot to spread smallpox among General George’s Washington’s Army. He expects the disease epidemic to incapacitate the American army and swiftly bring down the rebellion, at little cost to the King’s forces. Will the plot be uncovered? Will it be stopped in time? Will the rogue be caught? If an outbreak starts, might it spread uncontrollably? In a race against time, a gifted American surgeon, from his position as a prisoner of war, learns of the plot and must find a way to thwart the rogue’s scheme. With the future of the young United States at stake, The Rogue’s Plot weaves characters both historical and imagined into an intriguing and entirely plausible history about what happened in winter 1777. Read excerpt and reviews on Amazon.
About The Long Shot: The Secret History of 1776 (Published 2020)
What if? Just two months after the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, unknown to all but a small inner circle, General George Washington is shot in the chest in the midst of battle – an injury assumed to be fatal by medical thinking of the day. The ominous wound incapacitates the General and sets in motion a tumultuous cascade of military, political and medical events. How will the Americans, deprived of the one man capable of holding together their faction-laden army, manage to hold their own against the overwhelming force of the British Army and Navy? How will the British take advantage of this fortune of war? Who can save Washington – and thus win the American Revolution? As Washington’s life hangs in the balance, “The Long Shot, The Secret History of 1776”, peopled with characters both historical and imagined, tells a fast-moving and intriguing alternative history about what happened in 1776. If you enjoy American history, alternative history, military operations or spy stories, you’ll find this is a unique and fascinating read. Read excerpt and reviews on Amazon.