American Revolution, Founding Fathers, Early American Republic, Atlantic World, Maritime History, Pirates and Privateers
A scholar of early America, David Head currently researches George Washington, the Founding Fathers, and the American Revolution.
His newest book, A Crisis of Peace: George Washington, the Newburgh Conspiracy, and the Fate of the American Revolution (Pegasus Books, 2019), tells the dramatic story of how Washington defused civil-military tensions to bring the war to a peaceful end.
Head has also published works on pirates and privateers, including Privateers of the Americas: Spanish American Privateering from the United States in the Early Republic (Georgia, 2015) and, as editor, The Golden Age of Piracy: The Rise, Fall, and Enduring Popularity of Pirates (Georgia, 2018). In addition, he has edited an encyclopedia of Atlantic world history (ABC-CLIO, 2017).
His work has been supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities, George Washington's Mount Vernon, the Library Company of Philadelphia, the Gilder Lehrman Institute, and the Maryland Historical Society.
John Gardner Maritime Research Award for most significant contribution to maritime research for book Privateers of the Americas: Spanish American Privateering from the United States in the Early Republic (Georgia, 2015). Presented by the Fellows of the G.W. Blunt White Library, Mystic Seaport Museum, 2016.
Ralph D. Gray Article Prize for most significant Journal of the Early Republic article in 2013 for "Slave Smuggling by Foreign Privateers: Geopolitical Influences on the Illegal Slave Trade." Presented by the Society for Historians of the Early American Republic, 2014.
Marion Brewington Prize for Best Essay in Chesapeake Maritime History, Baltimore Seafarers, Privateering, and the South American Revolutions, 1816-1820." Presented by the Maryland Historical Society, 2008.
Hardin Craig Award for Excellence at the Munson Institute of American Maritime History. Presented by Mystic Seaport Museum, 2001.
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19384 | AMH2010 | U.S. History: 1492-1877 | World Wide Web (W) | Unavailable | |
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11331 | EUH2000 | Western Civilization Ⅰ | World Wide Web (W) | Unavailable | |
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10967 | EUH2001 | Western Civilization Ⅱ | World Wide Web (W) | Unavailable | |
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81969 | AMH2010 | U.S. History: 1492-1877 | World Wide Web (W) | Unavailable | |
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81427 | EUH2000 | Western Civilization Ⅰ | World Wide Web (W) | Unavailable | |
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81830 | EUH2001 | Western Civilization Ⅱ | World Wide Web (W) | Unavailable | |
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51078 | AMH2010 | U.S. History: 1492-1877 | World Wide Web (W) | C | Unavailable | |
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51079 | AMH2010 | U.S. History: 1492-1877 | World Wide Web (W) | C | Unavailable | |
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Updated: Dec 3, 2019