Beachmaster

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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!

Noah Shachtman, Editor in Chief The Daily Beast