Toldeo Free Press
by James Molnar
December 23, 2012

Todd Andrlik became a newspaper collector by chance.

It happened at a bookstore in Galena, Ill., where he came across a copy of an old newspaper declaring President Abraham Lincoln dead.

“I was reading the first draft of history about the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and the reward for the capture of his conspirators,” Andrlik said. “It triggered in me this intense passion and enthusiasm in history that I previously hadn’t had.”

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http://www.toledofreepress.com/2012/12/2...can-revolution/

This looks like a really good book. I did a search on the title and found the trailer with a good description. This is definitely one I plan on reading now.

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The official book trailer for Reporting the Revolutionary War: Before It Was History, It Was News (Sourcebooks, November 2012) by Todd Andrlik and featuring commentary by 37 top historians.

In 400 full-color pages, experience the American Revolution the same way that many colonists did -- reading straight from the pages of town newspapers and broadsheets. Colonial newspapers published between 1763 and 1783 fanned the flames of rebellion in America, provided critical correspondence during the war, sustained loyalty to the cause and ultimately aided in the outcome. From start to finish, these newspapers deliver incomparable insight about America's founding. Historian Robert J. Allison, one of the book's 37 contributors, explains the experience as a chance to encounter things and worlds that no one else knows exist, and to see the world as George Washington and Paul Revere saw it. When Reporting the Revolutionary War launches on November 1, 2012, readers will learn firsthand what many historians claim: without newspapers, there would have been no American Revolution.

For more information, please visit http://beforehistory.com.

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This looks like a really good book. I did a search on the title and found the trailer with a good description. This is definitely one I plan on reading now.

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He kind of did already. I still have a Books A Million gift card from last year.