Todd Andrlik is curator, historian and publisher of RagLinen.com, an online museum and educational archive of historically significant newspapers dating back to the 16th century. He single-handedly built one of the largest collections of American Revolution-era newspapers. Todd Andrlik is vice president of marketing and PR at one of the nation's largest commercial construction firms.
"Reporting the Revolutionary War is a veritable time machine in
book form, transporting the reader to an era of great uncertainty,
and years of drastic change! Highly recommended." - Midwest Book
Reviews
"A fascinating look at the making of America from a journalist's
point of view." - The Quincy Herald-Whig
"Historians, curators, and journalists select, arrange, and
introduce reproductions of newspaper articles, primarily printed
between 1763 and 1783, that describe current events now known as
the American Revolution or War of Independence. Boxed comments also
provide contextual background. The chronological chapters examine
such events and trends as the late horrid massacre, bloody news,
the spirit of liberty, conquest and capture, and delivered with
eloquence. End-matter essays consider the revolutionary press
impact and the value of primary sources." - BOOK NEWS, Inc.
"With the inclusion of London newspapers and no political agenda in
selection whatsoever, general readers will get a glimpse of what it
means to be an historian as they try to interpret these sources for
themselves. " - Early Americanists
"Reporting the Revolutionary War brings an unprecedented look at
colonial newspapers detailing the biggest battles, milestones, and
major events of the American Revolution. Written by colonists and
revolutionaries themselves, these newspapers are a look back in
time and tell the story of the battle for independence unlike any
version that has been told." - Military Review
"Reporting the Revolutionary War is one seriously impressive
package... a must-have for anyone researching the period of the
American War for Independence." - Armchair General Online
""Newspaper archivist and historian Andrlik's book gives us
original reports ... Read all about it the way Americans did when
it happened." - New York Post" - New York Post
""Private correspondence and battlefield letters accompany
newspaper clippings documenting America's fight for independence.""
- Los Angeles Times (holiday gift guide)
"{A} distinctive volume on how the American Revolution was
presented at the time...the format and presentation provide a
useful supplement for those interested in the American Revolution
in general or Revolutionary War newspapers in particular. " -
Library Journal
"A coffee-table book with serious substance." - Boston 1775
"A unique coffee-table book that compiles reproductions of actual
newspaper pages from the era of the American War for Independence,
with additional text to provide background and context." - Armchair
General Online
"Americans can now see a different side of the birth of our
country, as it was reported in real-time by the journalists of the
day... a fascinating account of Americans who witnessed the war
unfold firsthand as it happened." - Soledad O'Brien, CNN Starting
Point
"An impressive cache of primary-source documents, normally the
province of scholars, presented here in an entertaining,
aesthetically pleasing fashion guaranteed to entice general
readers." - Kirkus
"History buffs and students will find much to enjoy in this
attractive and informative book. Recommended for all collections."
- Booklist
"I've seen nothing like it and I've been studying the Revolution
since 1955... You didn't have to hold rallies [during the
Revolution], you were rallying them with this journalism." - Thomas
Fleming, author of 20 nonfiction books, many on the American
Revolution
"Stunning in both its eye-opening content and its eye pleasing
presentation. It has the appearance of a beautiful coffee table
book with remarkable photos of some of the most historic front
pages in United State's history." - Drew's Marketing Minute
"Stylish and intelligent collection... a fascinating display of the
eyewitness accounts, battlefield correspondence, breaking news,
editorial rallies to action and outright propaganda that helped to
shape the young nation that would become the United States of
America." - American Profile
"The events of the Revolutionary War may seem like ye olde news to
today's history students, but they were breaking news to people on
both sides of the Atlantic Ocean, and newspapers were the main
source of information. Some historians theorize there would have
been no American Revolution without the era's newspapers..."" -
Associated Press
"This is 'you are there' history at its best: 70 essays by modern
historians based on eyewitness accounts, battlefield letters and
newspaper stories from 1763 to 1783. Cumulatively, the collection
lets us see and feel how events unfolded for the people who lived
them." - American History
"Thoughtful, engaging, well-organized and illustrated journey
through our independence as reported through the news. It puts a
fine point on the distribution of information and news placing
newspapers at the top which is even more poignant in this day and
age when the demise of physical newspapers appears imminent." -
Helena Finnegan
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