Chris Magra is a Professor of Early American history at the University of Tennessee.  His prize-winning research has focused on the American Revolutionary War.  His first book The Fisherman’s Cause examines the military mobilization of commercial fishermen in the Revolution.  Poseidon’s Curse explains why British naval impressment is listed in the Declaration of Independence as one of the justifications for forming the United States of America.  Dr. Magra has written articles for several academic journals, including the International Review of Social History and the New England Quarterly.  He has been a research fellow at the David Library of the American Revolution, the Massachusetts Historical Society, the Peabody Essex Museum, and the University of Tennessee’s Humanities Center.  He has presented research papers at academic forums in Canada, the Netherlands, and throughout the United States, including the American Historical Association’s annual meeting and the Omohundro Institute of Early American History’s annual conference.

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