Brookline Books

A towering figure on a white horse, George Washington led his Continental Army to victory over the British Army in the longest battle of the Revolutionary War on June 28, 1778. This is that story, told by the people who experienced it.

From celebrity homing pigeons to the radars that detected the incoming Japanese planes at Pearl Harbor to early space communications and night vision technologies, Fort Monmouth was the birthplace of innovation and technological revolution; the home of a uniquely diverse group of military and civilian heroes and scientists.

The shocking true story of Nazi Germany’s naval assault against American coastal waters told through the eyes of seafarers who experienced it off New Jersey.

The story of the youngest enlisted soldier to die during the American Civil War.