Dispatches: The Podcast of the Journal of the American Revolution

Andrew Scott Wills: Hawken Horse: Music of the Frontier

This week our guest is Musician Andrew Scott Wills of the band "Hawken Horse." Through his love of history and music, Nashville's Andrew Scott Wills has brought the Revolutionary frontier back to the 21st century. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com and www.hawkenhorse.com 

E319: Drew Palmer: Francis Marion's Ambush at the Great Savannah

This week our guest is JAR Contributor Drew Palmer. In 1780, Francis Marion launched a daring raid on the Great Savannah, and his legend took off. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com. 

E318: Gabriel Neville: The New Dominion: Virginia's Land in the Northwest

This week our guest is author Gabriel Neville. Before the Revolution began, the colony of Virginia took steps to take possession of the western frontier. After the war, they set their plans in motion. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com. 

E317: Steven Bier: Facing Washington's Crossing

This week our guest is Author Steven Bier. In 1776, Hessian soldiers invaded the American mainland. But who were these men? And how did they experience the war? For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com. 

Michael Adelberg: The Monmouth County Jailbreak of 1781

This week our guest is Michael Adelberg. In 1781, Loyalists prisoner broke out of the Monmouth County Jail in New Jersey. It was a harrowing chapter in the ongoing drama of the American Revolution. 

E315: Scott Syfert: The Mecklenburg Declaration: Fact and Fiction

This week our guest is author and JAR contributor Scott Syfert. In May of 1775, frontier Patriots from North Carolina gathered to declare independence from Great Britain. The document was lost to history, and some question whether it occurred at all. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com. 

E314: Tom McMillan: The Year That Made America

This week our guest is author Tom McMillan. In "The Year That Made America," author Tom Macmillan examines the critical eight months leading up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com. 

E313: Brady J. Crytzer: Those Deceitful Sages: Pope Pius VI and the American Revolution

Our guest this week is author and JAR Associate Editor Brady Crytzer. During the American Revolution, Pope Pius VI spoke out passionately against the false promises of liberty and freedom, claiming that Enlightened philosophers were deceiving the masses. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com.  

E312: Douglas R. Dorney, Jr.: The Deadliest Seconds of the War

This week our guest is JAR Contributor Douglas R. Dorney, Jr. During a naval battle off the coast of Barbados, a ship exploded killing 300 men in an instant. It was deadliest moment of the war. For more information visit www.allthingsliberty.com. 

E311: Geoffrey Hoerauf: Spies at Fort Detroit

This week our guest is JAR Contributor Geoffrey Hoerauf. Fort Detroit was a vital outpost of empire, but spies reigned on the frontier. For more information, visit www.allthingsliberty.com.