Journalist and historian Marc Leepson has written for many newspapers and magazines, including Smithsonian, Preservation, The Washington Post, The New York Times, The New York Times Book Review, and Military History. He is a contributor to the Encyclopedia Americana and the Dictionary of Virginia Biography. A former staff writer for Congressional Quarterly, he has been interviewed on The Today Show, CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, All Things Considered, and Morning Edition. He is the author of six books, including Saving Monticello and Flag: An American Biography, and teaches U.S. history at Lord Fairfax Community College in Warrenton, Virginia.
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Bethanne Patrick chats with Marc Leepson about his newest book, Desperate Engagement.
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Submitted by Bethanne on Wed, 08/12/2009 - 8:54am A Conversation with Marc Leepson
One of the best parts of my job here at The Book Studio is how much I learn while reading my guests' books. But sometimes I wind up learning more while interviewing my guests! As you'll see in this interview with historian Marc Leepson, the timeline of battles in his book "Desperate Engagement: How A Little-Known Civil War Battle Saved Washington, D.C and Changed American History" gave me fits. Fortunately, Leepson was patient and gentlemanly in reminding me which battle took place on which day.
I'm being hard on myself (not unfairly so!) because it is important to understand what happens in the Civil War events Leepson is depicting. If Confederate General Jubal Early had succeeded in his plan, our nation's capital might have been captured by forces of the South -- and our nation might not have the same history it does today.
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