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Welcome to the inaugural episode of History: Fact and Fiction! Each episode will tackle a theme, and instead of debating what is fact and fiction in a historical event or person’s life, I’ll be reviewing various adult fiction and nonfiction history books available in NC Cardinal, particularly bestsellers paired with not-so-well-known titles, to see if they live up to the hype, and if so, what’s so cool about them.

In honor of July 4th and the American Revolution, I’ll be reviewing the following books:

• Alexis Coe’s You Never Forget Your First: a biography of George Washington (2020)
  
• Jill Lepore’s These Truths: a history of the United States (2018)
  
• Rick Atkinson’s The British Are Coming: Vol 1: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777 (2019)
  
• Mary Beth Norton’s 1774: the Long Year of Revolution (2020)
  
• Erica Armstrong Dunbar’s Never Caught: The Washington’s Relentless Pursuit of Their Runaway Slave, Ona Judge (2017)
  
• David Liss’ The Whiskey Rebels: a novel (2008)
  
• John Ripin Miller’s The Man Who Could Be King: a novel (2017)
  

If you’ve got a historical topic or person you’d like me to look into in a future episode, just post it in the comments in our social media post on Facebook or Twitter!