Generals Washington and Sullivan at Brandywine

Michael C. Harris is the award-winning author of Brandywine: A Military History of the Battle that Lost Philadelphia but Saved America, September 11, 1777, the first complete study to merge the strategic, political, and tactical history of this complex operation and important set-piece battle into a single compelling account. Winner of the American Revolution Round Table of Richmond Book Award and named a finalist in the Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Book Award, Brandywine presents a compelling look at one of the most important local battles in the American Revolution.

"It goes without saying that Harris’s work is unquestionably the definitive study of Brandywine, holding the torch for years to come and leaving his audience eager for his follow-up on the showdown at Germantown." ~The Colonial Review

Harris is a graduate of the University of Mary Washington and the American Military University. He has worked for the National Park Service in Fredericksburg, Virginia, Fort Mott State Park in New Jersey, and the Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission at Brandywine Battlefield. Mike has conducted tours and staff rides of many of the East Coast battlefields and is certified and currently teaches in the Philadelphia region. He lives in Pennsylvania with his wife Michelle and son Nathanael.

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