Tom Shachtman

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Tom Shachtman


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Since I always wanted to be a writer, I consider myself fortunate to have had my work published and produced in many forms—40 histories, novels, and books for children, plus filmed documentaries and TV dramas, poetry, plays, songs, newspaper columns, magazine articles, even a comic book.

My newest book (January 2020) is THE FOUNDING FORTUNES: HOW THE WEALTHY PAID FOR AND PROFITED FROM AMERICA’S REVOLUTION. This completes a trilogy of books on the Revolutionary Era; the earlier ones are GENTLEMEN SCIENTISTS AND REVOLUTIONARIES, and HOW THE FRENCH SAVED AMERICA.

My book ABSOLUTE ZERO AND THE CONQUEST OF COLD, about 400 years of research into low temperatures, became the basis for a two-hour documentary special for BBC and PBS. The program and
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Average rating: 3.99 · 16,705 ratings · 1,423 reviews · 72 distinct worksSimilar authors
Rumspringa: To Be or Not to...

3.36 avg rating — 1,295 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions
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Absolute Zero And The Conqu...

3.78 avg rating — 254 ratings — published 1999 — 8 editions
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Skyscraper Dreams: The Grea...

3.91 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 1991 — 5 editions
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The Founding Fortunes: How ...

3.73 avg rating — 74 ratings — published 2020 — 3 editions
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Gentlemen Scientists and Re...

3.61 avg rating — 64 ratings — published 2014 — 5 editions
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How the French Saved Americ...

3.88 avg rating — 41 ratings — published 2017 — 3 editions
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The Most Beautiful Villages...

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3.78 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 1997 — 8 editions
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American Iconoclast: The Li...

3.82 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions
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The Phony War: 1939-1940

3.71 avg rating — 17 ratings — published 1982 — 3 editions
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Torpedoed: An American Busi...

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