Vaughn Scribner
@vaughnscribner.bsky.social
Associate Professor of British American History at the University of Central Arkansas. Books on the history of early American taverns (NYU Press); merpeople (Reaktion Books); enviro history of American Revolution (UNC Press). www.vaughnscribner.com
So honored--My most recent book, Under Alien Skies (UNC Press), won the Society of the Cincinnati Prize. Public reception at their headquarters in October! www.americanrevolutioninstitute.org/society-of-t...
The Society of the Cincinnati Prize - The American Revolution Institute
The Society of the Cincinnati Prize has been awarded since 1989 to an outstanding scholarly book on the American Revolution. It is now awarded annually.
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Many thanks to our contributors: @breerob-kirk.bsky.social, @jemimahubberstey.bsky.social, @rachelbynoth.bsky.social, @drdan.bsky.social, @philbonjour.bsky.social, @vaughnscribner.bsky.social, Amy Frost, Rachael Johnson, Tim Moore, Rupert Goulding, Isabelle Eve Carlotti Davier, and Tom Boden!
Ran into a couple old friends at the @chesterbeatty.bsky.social in Dublin. @vaughnscribner.bsky.social and Sharon Kinoshita. newbooksnetwork.com/merpeople newbooksnetwork.com/marco-polo-a... #skystorians #earlymodern #medieval #booksky
British soldiers fighting in the #RevolutionaryWar were unprepared for the terrain awaiting them across the Atlantic. 🔒 @vaughnscribner.bsky.social ’𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝘂𝗯𝘀𝗰𝗿𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿𝘀 buff.ly/3E6m09a
War and Wilderness: British Soldiers in Revolutionary America
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So this is cool--my piece in the Feb. issue of @historytoday.com is now available! I had a great time writing it, and it's based on my recent book, "Under Alien Skies," with @uncpress.bsky.social. Check it out here: www.historytoday.com/archive/feat...
War and Wilderness: British Soldiers in Revolutionary America
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It's publication day for "Under Alien Skies: Environment, Suffering, and the Defeat of the British Military in Revolutionary America." Thanks so much to everyone at @uncpress.bsky.social! Learn more here: uncpress.org/book/9781469...
Under Alien Skies | Vaughn Scribner | University of North Carolina Press
The Revolutionary War is often celebrated as marking the birth of American republicanism, liberty, and representative democracy. Yet for the tens of thousand...
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