Few lecturers have as varied a background as historian Bruce Chadwick. After a long and distinguished career as a newspaper reporter, he is professor of journalism at New Jersey City University and author of twenty-seven books, most recently focusing on Revolutionary War and Civil War history as well as on forensics. He has appeared often on the History Channel and has lectured extensively across the United States and abroad.

Lecture topics:

• Let George Do It: George Washington as Leader of the Continental Army and the First President
• George and Martha: America’s First First Couple and How They Made America
  
• The First American Army: The Story Behind the Men Who Fought the American Revolution
• The Rise of Abraham Lincoln: The Growth of a Politician from 1832 to 1860
• Forensics for Everyone: A Colorful Look at the History of Forensics

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