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Tim Grove

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Tim writes about surprising and fascinating topics in history and strives to make the past accessible and relevant to everyone. His writing combines hands-on experience with research, observation, insider perspective and a conversational style. He focuses on multiple perspectives in history and always attempts to incorporate interesting primary source materials. (George Washington's letter to his dentist during the American Revolution! It was confiscated by the British and is now part of the collection of British General Henry Clinton papers in a library in Michigan).

Tim's next book, his seventh book and fifth middle grade nonfiction book, is titled George Washington: A Revolutionary Life. It is a fresh biography of America's first preside ...more

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	First Flight Around the World: The Adventures of the American Fliers Who Won the Race by Tim Grove (Goodreads Author), National Air and Space Museum 3.68 avg rating — 186 ratings — published 2015 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Grizzly in the Mail and Other Adventures in American History 3.68 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Star-Spangled: The Story of a Flag, a Battle, and the American Anthem 4.13 avg rating — 53 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Museum Educator's Manual: Educators Share Successful Techniques by Anna Johnson, Kimberly A Huber, Nancy Cutler 3.88 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 2008 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The World Turned Upside Down: The Yorktown Victory That Won America's Independence 4.25 avg rating — 32 ratings — published 2021 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Milestones of Flight: From Hot-Air Balloons to SpaceShipOne 4.05 avg rating — 21 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	[A Grizzly in the Mail and Other Adventures in American History] (By: Tim Grove) [published: June, 2014] 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Museum Educator's Manual : Educators Share Successful Techniques (Paperback)--by Anna Johnson [2009 Edition] by Tim Grove (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	George Washington: A Revolutionary Life by Tim Grove (Goodreads Author), The Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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The cover of my upcoming book, George Washington: A Revolutionary Life, features a teenaged George. The first known portrait of GW from life was painted when he was around forty years old. My target age range for the book audience is 10-14, so it made sense to somehow portray GW at a younger age. Historians are always faced with the challenge of representing people from the past who for many reaso Read more of this blog post »

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“A morsel of genuine history is a thing so rare as to be always valuable.
Thomas Jefferson”
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