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David Inglehart

David Inglehart grew up in Watertown, New York, and spent summers in the Thousand Islands. He received a B.A. from Colby College (Maine) and an M.A. from Middlebury (Vermont), both in English, and has worked variously as a journalist, teacher and multimedia developer. In 1992, enlisting the aid of a number of teaching colleagues, he began work on “Fateful Lightning: The American Civil War,” an early electronic textbook, and three years later founded Troubadour Interactive to publish the work on CD-ROM. Two companion titles followed, “Quest for Empire,” and “Born in Battle,” rounding out a three-part series that would eventually be converted to the browser under the title “Age of Revolution.”

He went on to publish “Near the Borderline,” in May, 2024, and currently lives in midcoast Maine.

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William Hillenbrand

William Hillenbrand received a BA from the State University of New York at Cortland, an MA (in English) from the Pennsylvania State University and an MA in History from the University of Virginia. He began his teaching career at the Northfield Mount Hermon School, where he taught English and History and coached football and baseball for many years. In 1992 he began work on Fateful Lightning, completing the project over the course of three summers–a testament, if any were needed, to the benefits of the academic calendar as well as his prolific talents as a writer and historian. He later he taught at the Bolles School, Jacksonville, Florida, and produced another fully-realized text on the American Revolution. Released on CD-ROM in 2001, Born in Battle received Library Journal‘s Best Reference citation for that year.

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Dennis Kennedy

Dennis Kennedy earned a BA from Stonehill College and an MA and PhD (in English) from the University of Massachusetts. He wrote his dissertation on Mark Twain and also specialized in Irish Studies. In arranging and performing the music for Fateful Lightning, Dennis brought a rare combination of scholarship and musicianship to the work, researching and writing an extensive songbook on the composing and publishing circumstances of each of twelve selections, and providing lead vocals as well as accompaniment on instruments ranging from piano to penny whistle. Three years later he applied the same musical virtuosity to the songs of the American Revolution for Born in Battle.