"What if George Washington was shot during the Revolutionary" Topic
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| Tango01 | 02 Jul 2020 9:32 p.m. PST |
… War? Obstetrician writes an alternate history novel "If Ronald Gibbs, MD, could step into an alternate timeline, he would trade his research and teaching in obstetrics and gynecology at Stanford Medicine to become a historian specializing in 18th century American history. It wouldn't be much of a leap. He has read extensively on the Revolutionary War, researched its grisly medical technology and collected maps from the period. Gibbs talked with me about his affinity for this era of American history and his new self-published novel, The Long Shot: The Secret History of 1776. The book is set in an alternate reality in which Gen. George Washington is shot in the chest, sustaining a potentially fatal wound early in the Revolutionary War…"
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 ColCampbell  | 03 Jul 2020 7:27 a.m. PST |
We'd still be speaking English.  Jim |
| 42flanker | 03 Jul 2020 8:30 a.m. PST |
Ach, ye dinnae dae sae bad. |
| Tango01 | 04 Jul 2020 11:40 a.m. PST |
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| Bill N | 04 Jul 2020 3:30 p.m. PST |
"Ach, ye dinnae dae sae bad." So 42, would that be Scots or would that be Scottish accented English? |
| Au pas de Charge | 05 Jul 2020 2:40 p.m. PST |
It probably would have been good because he was the only person holding the army together until the victories at Saratoga. Someone should write a book about what would have happened if any of the British commanders had been given the troops they needed to win the war. |
| 42flanker | 10 Jul 2020 3:02 p.m. PST |
Bill, the minister says that would be an ecumenical matter. |
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paints brigs for the British fleet.