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ECHOES or, The Insistence of Memory

June 16, 2023

Ell, a millennial of European and Mexican heritage, has one humorous children’s book published, but her more serious writing projects are stalled, her boyfriend has dumped her, and she is deeply frightened by a recurring dream.  To solve her problems she delves into family mysteries – Civil War-era slaveholding, madness, and theft of artifacts.  The […]

Filed Under: Histories, Home Page Books

THE MEMOIR OF THE MINOTAUR

September 9, 2020

A novel Published by MADVILLE PUBLISHING. Prepublication praise: “A romping confessional riff on the classic tale, a portrait of the artist as a young bull. Shachtman’s rollicking prose weaves mythology into a gripping yarn and gives antiquity’s voiceless celebrity monster a soaring human heart.” -Charles Graeber, NYT bestselling author of The Good Nurse and The Breakthrough.  “A fine read.  Exciting, […]

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THE FOUNDING FORTUNES: HOW THE WEALTHY PAID FOR AND PROFITED FROM AMERICA’S REVOLUTION

September 23, 2019

St. Martin’s Press in January 2020: THE FOUNDING FORTUNES: HOW THE WEALTHY PAID FOR AND PROFITED FROM AMERICA’S REVOLUTION Pre-publication praise: “An ingenious examination of how money played the central role in the founding of the United States … Shachtman emphasizes that [after the Revolution] no mass movement demanded change. The Constitution was championed “by […]

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THE FOUNDING FORTUNES: HOW THE WEALTHY PAID FOR AND PROFITED FROM AMERICA’S REVOLUTION

March 28, 2019

St. Martin’s Press in January 2020: THE FOUNDING FORTUNES: HOW THE WEALTHY PAID FOR AND PROFITED FROM AMERICA’S REVOLUTION Pre-publication praise: “An ingenious examination of how money played the central role in the founding of the United States … Shachtman emphasizes that [after the Revolution] no mass movement demanded change. The Constitution was championed “by […]

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HOW THE FRENCH SAVED AMERICA: SOLDIERS, SAILORS, DIPLOMATS, LOUIS XVI, AND THE SUCCESS OF A REVOLUTION

April 7, 2017

St. Martin’s Press in September 2017: HOW THE FRENCH SAVED AMERICA: SOLDIERS, SAILORS, DIPLOMATS, LOUIS XVI, AND THE SUCCESS OF A REVOLUTION. Pre-publication praise: “The author makes a convincing case that, without France, the United States may never have gained independence.”  Kirkus Reviews. “Shachtman illuminates the impact of French contributions to American military leadership, resources, […]

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Gentlemen Scientists and Revolutionaries: The Founding Fathers in the Age of Enlightenment

February 2, 2014

C-Span’s taping of lecture about this book at the New York Public Library The book is a Featured Alternate for the History Book Club, Military Book Club, Scientific American Book Club, and Book-of-the-Month Club 2. Adapted excerpt: George Washington, the First Vaxxer  at The Daily Beast Praise for Gentlemen Scientists and Revolutionaries “A fascinating and […]

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