Willard Sterne Randall is an American historian and author who specializes in

biographies A biography, or simply bio, is a detailed description of a person's life. It involves more than just the basic facts like education, work, relationships, and death; it portrays a person's experience of these life events. Unlike a profile or c ...

related to the

American colonial period The Thirteen Colonies, also known as the Thirteen British Colonies, the Thirteen American Colonies, or later as the United Colonies, were a group of British colonies on the Atlantic coast of North America. Founded in the 17th and 18th centur ...

and the

American Revolution The American Revolution was an ideological and political revolution that occurred in British America between 1765 and 1791. The Americans in the Thirteen Colonies formed independent states that defeated the British in the American Revolut ...

. He teaches American history at Champlain College in

Burlington, Vermont Burlington is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Vermont and the seat of Chittenden County. It is located south of the Canada–United States border and south of Montreal. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the population was 44,743. It ...

Publications

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References

Sources

*''Contemporary Authors'', vol. 196. pp. 305–323. *''Who's Who in America'', 2011.

External links

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''Booknotes'' interview with Randall on ''Thomas Jefferson: A Life, December 26, 1993
*Who's Who in America, 2011; Contemporary Authors, volume 196, pp. 305–323.
Podcast interview with Randall on ''Unshackling America – How the War of 1812 Truly Ended the American Revolution , July 13, 2017
Living people 21st-century American historians 21st-century American male writers Historians of the United States Writers from Burlington, Vermont 1942 births American male non-fiction writers {{US-historian-stub