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Norman Desmarais
Norman Desmarais, professor emeritus at Providence College, lives in Lincoln, RI and is an active re-enactor. He is a member of Le Regiment Bourbonnais, the 2nd Rhode Island Regime...view moreNorman Desmarais, professor emeritus at Providence College, lives in Lincoln, RI and is an active re-enactor. He is a member of Le Regiment Bourbonnais, the 2nd Rhode Island Regiment and the Brigade of the American Revolution. He is editor-in-chief of The Brigade Dispatch, the journal the Brigade of the American Revolution and the author of Battlegrounds of Freedom, the 6-volume The Guide to the American Revolutionary War, and The Guide to the American Revolutionary War at Sea and Overseas (in preparation) which covers more than 10,500 actions. He has also translated the Gazette Françoise, the French newspaper published in Newport, RI by the French fleet that brought the Count de Rochambeau and 5800 French troops to America in July 1780. It is the first known service newspaper published by an expeditionary force.
Norman has also written a number of articles for the Journal of the American Revolution, the Online Journal of Rhode Island History, and The Brigade Dispatchview less
Books by Norman Desmarais
America's First Ally: France in the Revolutionary War Untold Stories from World War II Rhode Island Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Guide to the American Revolutionary War at Sea: Vol. 2 1777 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Guide to the American Revolutionary War at Sea: Vol. 6 1781 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Guide to the American Revolutionary War at Sea: Vol. 5 1780 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Guide to the American Revolutionary War in New York Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Guide to the American Revolutionary War in New Jersey: Battles, Raids and Skirmishes Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Guide to the American Revolutionary War at Sea: Vol. 1 1775-1776 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Guide to the American Revolutionary War at Sea: Vol. 4 1779 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Guide to the American Revolutionary War at Sea: Vol. 3 1778 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings