About the Author

Christian M. McBurney, a graduate of Brown University, is a partner in a Washington, DC, law firm. He is the author of several books and articles on early Rhode Island history, including A History of Kingston, Rhode Island, 1700-1900 and British Treatment of Prisoners During the Occupation of Newport, 1776-1779.

Reviews

"McBurney has written an important book. Using sources that have been heretofore overlooked, he provides a fresh, nuanced, and compelling interpretation of the United States's first joint operation."--Dennis Conrad