John Ferling, professor emeritus at the University of West Georgia, has written on topics ranging from warfare in colonial America to the lives of the Founders. The American Revolution, however, is his real passion. His newest book is The Ascent of George Washington: The Hidden Political Genius of an American Icon (2009). He is also author of the award-winning Almost a Miracle: The American Victory in the War of Independence (2007) and A Leap in the Dark: The Struggle to Create the American Republic (2003); biographies of George Washington, John Adams, and Joseph Galloway, a Loyalist during the Revolution; and Adams vs. Jefferson: The Tumultuous Election of 1800 (2004).

Lecture topics:

• General Washington: Fortunate to Have Had Him, Lucky to Have Survived Him
• George Washington, Leader
• Myths of the Revolutionary War
• Could the British Have Won the Revolutionary War?
• John Adams: A Remarkable Man
• America’s First Pivotal Election: The Election of 1800

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