Phillip Thomas Tucker PHD

"PHILLIP THOMAS TUCKER, Ph.D., a national award-winning historian and America's most prolific groundbreaking "New Look" historian in multiple fields of history, has authored more than 80 books in many fields of history, while gaining an international reputation as "the Stephen King of History." Best known for presenting fresh perspectives and original ideas to demythologize traditional history, Tucker has authored nearly 175 works, both scholarly books and articles, of history that have long overturned outdated books of traditional history. The winner of prestigious national awards and well-known as "a creative, innovative thinker, who has a gift for conceiving and outlining original works in serious history," he has emerged as America's most iconoclastic and prolific historian in the 21st Century. Tucker's groundbreaking history books have been widely praised on both sides of the Atlantic from the New York Times to the London Times. A fellow Ph.D. in history and professional historian emphasized how "Tucker is one of the most innovative, hardest working, and diligently productive" historians in America. Tucker has become one of America’s top historians in the field of Revolutionary War history, authoring books like GEORGE WASHINGTON’S SURPRISE ATTACK; BROTHERS OF LIBERTY; SAVING WASHINGTON’S ARMY; ALEXANDER HAMILTON’S REVOLUTION; HOW THE IRISH WON THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION; KINGS MOUNTAIN; and ALEXANDER HAMITON AND THE BATTLE OF YORKTOWN. Presenting vibrant historical narrative and cutting edge history distinguished by new perspectives and insights, the author has written more than 80 highly-original books of unique distinction. Tucker's "RANGER RAID" has presented a close look at the most audacious and daring raid in the annals of American military history--the attack of Robert Rogers and his Rangers on St. Francis, while breaking much new ground. This book has broadened the author's range of important books from the French and Indian War to the Second World War. He also have completed books of international interest in Women’s history, including MULAN AND THE MODERN CONTROVERSY, THE UNCONQUERABLE SPIRIT OF A YOUNG AND COURAGEOUS CHINESE WOMAN; THE TRUNG SISTERS; LAKSHMI BAI; SOLITUDE OF GUADELOUPE; GRAN TOYA, etc. More than 20 of Tucker's books have been written about the distinguished legacies of black heroes and heroines, including a new book about the forgotten mother of the Civil Rights Movement, CLAUDETTE COLVIN; five volumes devoted to heroine Harriet Tubman; four books about female Buffalo Soldier CATHY WILLIAMS; four volumes devoted to the most famous black regiment (the 54th Massachusetts) of the Civil War; and four volumes devoted to black female freedom fighters of the "Haitian Revolutionary Women Series." He has written nearly a dozen books about unforgettable black women to reveal their rich contributions to America's story and Caribbean history. Phillip Thomas Tucker, Ph.D., has gained an international reputation as "the Stephen King of History" for authoring more than 80 books in many fields of history. A national award-winning history, Tucker has been acclaimed as "a creative, original thinker, who has a gift for conceiving and outlining original works in serious history." Best known for presenting fresh perspectives and original ideas, he has become one of America's most prolific historians by authoring more than 175 works, both books and scholarly articles, that have most often overturned traditional works of history. A groundbreaking scholar of unique distinction, Dr. Tucker has been described as "one of the most innovative, hardest working, and diligently productive" historians in the United States.


Languages Spoken: English