February 4, 2015: Speaking to Smithsonian American History Museum on GENTLEMEN SCIENTISTS

December 22, 2014

Publication of THE MEMOIR OF THE MINOTAUR from Madville Publishing

Also coming in January 2020!

Publication of THE FOUNDING FORTUNES: HOW THE WEALTHY PAID FOR AND PROFITED FROM AMERICA’S REVOLUTION, from Saint Martin’s Press.

Podcast about THE FOUNDING FORTUNES with Walter Woodward, State Historian for Connecticut

Digital-Only Publications

The first volumes in my historical novel series, The Eagle’s Claw, about a secret, private organization that undertakes tasks for the President – some illegal, some scandalous, and all extraordinary — that the government cannot do but that need doing.

“The Pirate of Lake Erie,”

and
“The Perilous Letter of the Apalachicola.”

… and the non-fiction tale, The Commies, the Jewish Mob, the Union and My Grandfather: The Fur-Worker Wars of the 1920s.

THE MEMOIR OF THE MINOTAUR will be published in September 2020

THE FOUNDING FORTUNES will be published in early 2020.

My latest article for The Daily Beast

Tom on C-Span, discussing HOW THE FRENCH SAVED AMERICA

My latest article in my continuing series in the Lakeville Journal, ‘The Age of Arrogance”

Articles based on HOW THE FRENCH SAVED AMERICA in The Daily Beast, History News Network, and Journal of the American Revolution.

September-October 2017 Radio interviews:

WAMC-Albany with Joe Donahue, The Snide show (blog), and The Eric Metaxas Show.

Forthcoming Events

See my schedule of lectures, below.

Photo (c) by Anne Day
Hi – I’m Tom Shachtman, author, filmmaker, and educator. I’ve written more than thirty books, as well as documentary films, and have lectured at various universities and historical societies. My newest book, accepted for publication in early 2020, THE FOUNDING FORTUNES: HOW THE WEALTHY PAID FOR AND PROFITED FROM AMERICA’S REVOLUTION (Saint Martin’s Press), is the third I’ve written about the Revolutionary Era. Other recent books include HOW THE FRENCH SAVED AMERICA: (2017) SOLDIERS, SAILORS, DIPLOMATS, LOUIS XVI, AND THE SUCCESS OF A REVOLUTION from St. Martin's press GENTLEMEN SCIENTISTS AND REVOLUTIONARIES (2014), from Palgrave Macmillan; AMERICAN ICONOCLAST: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ERIC HOFFER, from Hopewell Publications; and, with the late John L. Tishman, BUILDING TALL, from University of Michigan Press. My most recent documentary is the award-winning script for the two-hour Nova and BBC documentary, ABSOLUTE ZERO AND THE CONQUEST OF COLD, based on my book of the same name. I’ve lectured at Stanford University, Georgia Tech, and the Library of Congress. Details are on the several pages of this website. Read on!

February 4, 2015: Speaking to Smithsonian American History Museum on GENTLEMEN SCIENTISTS

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Wednesday, January 29 at 6:00 PM – Salisbury, CT WHITE HART SPEAKER SERIES with OBLONG BOOKS & MUSIC 15 Undermountain Rd., Salisbury, CT 06068 Snow date: Tuesday, February 4

Saturday, February 1 at 1:30 PM – Avon, CT AVON FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY 281 Country Club Rd., Avon, CT 06001 Snow date: Saturday, February 8

Wednesday, February 5 at 2:00 PM – Greenwich, CT GREENWICH LIBRARY COMMUNITY GROUP DISCUSSION 101 West Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, CT 06830

Thursday, February 27 at 6:30 PM – Washington, CT GUNN MEMORIAL LIBRARY 5 Wykeham Rd, Washington, CT 06793 Snow date: Tuesday, March 3

Wednesday, March 11 at 6:30 PM – Chicago, IL THE BOOK STALL 811 Elm Street, Winnetka, IL 60093

Thursday, March 12 at 12:00 PM – Chicago, IL UNION LEAGUE CLUB 65 W. Jackson Blvd, Chicago, IL 60604

Thursday, March 19 at 6:30 PM – New York, NY FRAUNCES TAVERN MUSEUM 54 Pearl Street, New York, NY 10004

Thursday, March 26 at 5:30 PM – Newport, RI NEWPORT HISTORICAL SOCIETY 82 Touro Street, Newport, RI 02840

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