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Thomas James Fleming (July 5, 1927 – July 23, 2017) was an American historian and historical novelist and the author of over forty nonfiction and fiction titles. His work reflects a particular interest on the American Revolution, with titles such as Liberty! The American Revolution And The Future Of America, Duel: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the History of America and Washington's Secret War: The Hidden History of Valley Forge.




Biography


A native of Jersey City, New Jersey, Fleming graduated from St. Peter's Preparatory School in 1945 and from Fordham University in 1950, serving a year in the United States Navy before he started college. While in the navy, he served aboard the USS Topeka (CL-67).
Fleming served as president of the Society of American Historians and the PEN American Center. Fleming also spent ten years as chairman of the New York American Revolution Round Table and was an Honorary Member of the New York State Society of the Cincinnati from 1975. He lived in New York with his wife, Alice, a writer of books for young people.
Fleming published books about various events and figures of the Revolutionary era. He also wrote about other periods of American history, and wrote over a dozen well-received novels set against various historical backgrounds. He said, "I never wanted to be an Irish-American writer, my whole idea was to get across that bridge and be an American writer".

Fleming died at his home in New York City on July 23, 2017, at the age of 90.




Bibliography






= Histories

=
Cowpens: "Downright Fighting": the Story of Cowpens. Washington, DC: Division of Publications, National Park Service, U.S. Dept. of the Interior. 1988. ISBN 0912627336.
Now We Are Enemies
Beat the Last Drum: The Siege of Yorktown 1781
One Small Candle: The Pilgrims' First Year In America. New York: W. W. Norton & Co., 1963.
Washington's Secret War: The Hidden History of Valley Forge. New York: Smithsonian Books/Collins. 2005. ISBN 0060829621. OCLC 61529854.
The Perils of Peace: America’s Struggle to Survive After Yorktown
The Irish-American Chronicle
The New Dealers’ War: FDR and the War Within World War II
The Illusion of Victory: America in World War I. New York: Basic. 2003. ISBN 046502467X.*
Duel: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr and the Future of America
Liberty! The American Revolution
The Louisiana Purchase. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. 2003. ISBN 0471267384.
The Man from Monticello: An Intimate Life of Thomas Jefferson
The Man Who Dared the Lightning: A New Look at Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin: A Life in His Own Words (ed.)
The Forgotten Victory: The Battle for New Jersey–1780
The First Stroke: Lexington, Concord, and the Beginning of the American Revolution
West Point: The Men and Times of the U.S. Military Academy
1776: Year of Illusions
The Intimate Lives of the Founding Fathers
George Washington: The General from Profiles in Leadership (ed. Walter Isaacson)
A Disease in the Public Mind: A New Understanding of Why We Fought the Civil War. New York: Da Capo Press. 2013. ISBN 9780306821264. OCLC 808413574.
The Great Divide: The Conflict between Washington and Jefferson That Defined a Nation. Da Capo Press. 2015. ISBN 9780306821271. OCLC 880889261.
The Strategy of Victory: How George Washington Won the American Revolution. New York: Da Capo Press, 2017. ISBN 978-0-306-82496-8. OCLC 1008913772




= Novels

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Liberty Tavern
Dreams of Glory
The Spoils of War
Rulers of the City
A Passionate Girl
Promises to Keep
Remember The Morning
The Wages of Fame
When This Cruel War Is Over. New York: Forge. 2001. ISBN 9780812576450. OCLC 50793815.
The Secret Trial of Robert E. Lee
The Officers’ Wives
Time and Tide
Over There
Loyalties: A Novel of World War II
All Good Men
The God of Love




References






Sources


Who's Who in America
Contemporary Authors, v. 7–8
Contemporary Literary Criticism, v. 37
B.U. Bridge newspaper, Volume 5, No. 4, 28 September 2001




External links


Thomas Fleming's home page
The American Revolution Center
The American Revolution Round Table (New York)
The Society of American Historians
Appearances on C-SPAN
Booknotes interview with Fleming on The New Dealers' War, August 26, 2001.
In Depth interview with Fleming, January 4, 2004
Fleming's Presentation at the Pritzker Military Museum & Library on June 6, 2013

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