J.L. Bell and Sam Forman
A live session with authors Sam Forman and J.L. Bell, both of whom will be presenting at History Camp this year. We covered Joseph Warren, the Battle of Bunker Hill, and the Siege and Liberation of Boston.
From the publisher of Sam Forman’s Book Dr. Joseph Warren: The Boston Tea Party, Bunker Hill, and the Birth of American Liberty
The definitive biography of the Revolutionary War doctor and hero. An American doctor, Bostonian, and patriot, Joseph Warren played a central role in the events leading to the American Revolution. This detailed biography of Warren rescues the figure from obscurity and reveals a remarkable revolutionary who dispatched Paul Revere on his famous ride and was the hero of the battle of Bunker Hill, where he was killed in action. Physician to the history makers of early America, political virtuoso, and military luminary, Warren comes to life in this comprehensive biography meticulously grounded in original scholarship.
Reviews
Book of the Year – American Revolution Round Table of Philadelphia
“Thank you Dr. Forman for writing the book. [You] sought to put together the details of the life of Joseph Warren, a Boston doctor… who started the [Warren] physician lineage as well as had a major impact in the American Revolution.” – Atul Gawande
“Dr. Samuel Forman presents this extraordinary book about Dr. Joseph Warren… His roots in history allow him to be an exemplar of the scholar physician.” – Julio Frenk, Dean of the Harvard University School of Public Health
“This is a story about an extremely overlooked founder who really played a huge part in the country’s fight for freedom from the English. This is a definite keeper in the biography/historian’s and perhaps, even the fiction reader’s library.” – Mary Lignor, Feathered Quill Book Reviews
“Joseph Warren is afascinating work of research and historical sleuthing that applies amuch-needed medical expertise to the story of one of revolutionaryMassachusetts’s preeminent physicians and political leaders. Thanks to Forman’sterrific new book we will never see Dr. Joseph Warren in the same way again.” – Nathaniel Philbrick
Related to our discussion tonight
- Events
- History Camp Author Discussions
- Map and diagram showing the attack
[Recorded and posted on July 10, 2025]