american revolution – Scott J. Pearson’s Book Review

The Greatest Sentence Ever Written

By Scott J. Pearson | January 2, 2026January 2, 2026 by Scott J. Pearson

Biographer Walter Isaacson is eminent among writers of American history. For America’s upcoming 250th anniversary of independence, he wrote this short essay memorializing the penning of the Declaration of Independence. In it, he picks apart each phrase of the first sentence to explore its meaning: “We hold these truths to be self-evident, all men are created equal and endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, and among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit…

My Dear Hamilton: A Novel of Eliza Schuyler Hamilton

By Scott J. Pearson | November 19, 2020November 19, 2020 by Scott J. Pearson

Thanks to Ron Chernow’s award-winning biography and Lin-Manuel Miranda’s award-winning musical, interest in the historical figure of Alexander Hamilton has experienced a rebirth in recent years. Many have also fallen in love with his wife Eliza who endured much for the birth of America – a revolutionary war, the country’s first sex scandal, deadly duels impacting her family, whispers and improprieties, a hostile post-revolution political environment, and fifty years of being a widow. However, the…