- Ray Raphael
Ray Raphael is a historian of the American Revolution. His primary focus is on "the little people" instead of renowned heroes like
Samuel Adams andGeorge Washington , although Gregor Milnes questions the novelty of this approach [http://www.richmondreview.co.uk/books/americanrevolution.html] . In his volume "The First American Revolution: Before Lexington and Concord" (2002), for example, Raphael details howMassachusetts was already in widespread revolt in 1775, with only the garrisoned city ofBoston remaining responsive toGeorge III 's command, and that the British march onLexington and Concord was the Crown's attempt to "take back" the colony.One of his books, "Cash Crop: An American Dream?" (1985), is about the American
marijuana -growing industry.In addition to his twenty volumes of history, Raphael is co-author, with Neil Rapheal, of "Comic Cops", of a juvenile mystery.
Family trivia
His brother-in-law is Boston's celebrity
folk artist Sidewalk Sam .External links
Official website: [http://www.rayraphael.com]
his publisher's official website: [http://www.thenewpress.com/]
KQED-FM interview withMichael Krasny : [http://www.kqed.org/epArchive/R707041000]WGBH Forum: [http://forum.wgbh.org/wgbh/forum.php?lecture_id=3210]“American Mythbuster: a July 4 interview” with Allen Barra
* [http://www.americanheritage.com/blog/20077_4_1093.shtml]Raphael’s review of David McCullough’s" 1776" (2005): [http://hnn.us./roundup/comments/12129.html]
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