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Robert T. McMaster
United States
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 9 ส.ค. 2022
Welcome to my TH-cam channel where you will find a series of short videos about my books:
ALL THE LIGHT HERE COMES FROM ABOVE: THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF EDWARD HITCHCOCK, the first biography ever published of Edward Hitchcock, one of 19th-century America's pre-eminent scientists. He was the first American geologist to embrace continental glaciation and the first scientist to find evidence of dinosaurs in North America. Hitchcock was a man of deep religious convictions who believed there was no conflict between science and religion. "When rightly interpreted and understood," he wrote, "they will appear in perfect unison."
THE COUNTY WICKLOW MYSTERIES. Engrossing tales of mystery and intrigue set against the spectacular backdrop of County Wicklow in present-day Ireland: Rose of Glenkerry (Bk1) and Fugitive from Injustice (Bk 2).
THE TROLLEY DAYS SERIES. Historical novels set in a New England city in the nineteen-teens, an era of dizzying social, political, and technological change.
ALL THE LIGHT HERE COMES FROM ABOVE: THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF EDWARD HITCHCOCK, the first biography ever published of Edward Hitchcock, one of 19th-century America's pre-eminent scientists. He was the first American geologist to embrace continental glaciation and the first scientist to find evidence of dinosaurs in North America. Hitchcock was a man of deep religious convictions who believed there was no conflict between science and religion. "When rightly interpreted and understood," he wrote, "they will appear in perfect unison."
THE COUNTY WICKLOW MYSTERIES. Engrossing tales of mystery and intrigue set against the spectacular backdrop of County Wicklow in present-day Ireland: Rose of Glenkerry (Bk1) and Fugitive from Injustice (Bk 2).
THE TROLLEY DAYS SERIES. Historical novels set in a New England city in the nineteen-teens, an era of dizzying social, political, and technological change.
Edward Hitchcock and the Geology of Cape Cod and the Islands
Edward Hitchcock's name is often associated with western Massachusetts where he lived and with Amherst College where he taught for nearly 40 years. But early in his career he became interested in southeastern Massachusetts and played a pioneering role in unraveling the geological history of Cape Cod and the Islands of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket. His insights from that region led him to become the first American geologist to embrace the theory of continental glaciation.
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The Descendants of Edward and Orra White Hitchcock
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An introduction to the children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren of Edward and Orra White Hitchcock.
Fugitive from Injustice: A County Wicklow Mystery by Robert T. McMaster
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Fugitive from Injustice: Book 2 of the County Wicklow Mysteries by Robert T. McMaster, a tale of adventure and intrigue set against the incomparable backdrop of Ireland's County Wicklow.
Trolley Days Series Introduction
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The nineteen-teens was a tumultuous era in American history. The pace of social change was dizzying: the rising tide of worker unrest, the battle for women's suffrage, the scourge of discrimination against minorities. New technologies-electricity, the telephone, the automobile-were transforming life. Meanwhile the war raging in Europe was drawing America inexorably into its vortex. Author Rober...
Rose of Glenkerry: A County Wicklow Mystery by Robert T. McMaster
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Twenty-one-year-old Ciaran McGurk is about to graduate from a Dublin university with hopes of pursuing a career in journalism. He has demonstrated talent as a writer, but he is also his own severest critic, regarding both his career prospects and his would-be romantic relationships. “We’re complicated creatures, yeh know, Homo sapiens?" confesses Cary. "Don’t know what we want-or who we want-or...
Edward Hitchcock: An Introduction
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Edward Hitchcock (1793-1864) was one of 19th-century America's foremost scientists. This 3-minute video provides a brief summary of Hitchcock's life and legacy. For additional information please visit www.EdwardHitchcock.com.
Edward Hitchcock's Tree of Life
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In 1840 American geologist and paleontologist Edward Hitchcock (1793-1864) published the first edition of his textbook, 𝙀𝙡𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙂𝙚𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙮. For the frontispiece of that work he chose a hand-colored diagram labeled "Palaeontological Chart," often referred to as Hitchcock's "Tree of Life." The chart appears to show evolutionary relationships among dozens of groups of plants and animals, but that ...
The Sermons of Edward Hitchcock
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Edward Hitchcock (1793-1864) was a Congregationalist minister. He held a pastorate in Conway, Massachusetts, from 1821 to 1825, but he preached frequently throughout his adult life, delivering over 1000 sermons in forty years. In this 17-minute video Hitchcock biographer Robert T. McMaster considers the sermons of Edward Hitchcock, their form, content, and themes, from the fundamentals of Calvi...
Edward Hitchcock on Science and Faith
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Edward Hitchcock (1793-1864) was not only an eminent scientist, he was also a devout Calvinist, an orthodox Christian as it was known at that time. His faith led him to believe that the Bible was the work of God, an unerring source of divine revelation. But Hitchcock was also an empiricist, a "man of facts" as he termed it. When he began to study the geology of Massachusetts in 1830 as the firs...
Edward Hitchcock's Fossil Footmarks
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Edward Hitchcock (1793-1864) is best known for his pioneering research on fossilized animal tracks, particularly the dinosaur footprints of the Connecticut River Valley of Massachusetts and Connecticut. In this 15-minute video Hitchcock biographer Robert T. McMaster recounts the discovery of those tracks, Hitchcock's controversial interpretation, and the emergence in the 20th Century of a new v...
Edward Hitchcock and the Rise of American Geology
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Edward Hitchcock (1793-1864) was one of 19th-Century America's most influential scientists, best known for his pioneering work in the fields of geology and paleontology. This 15-minute video describes his teaching, geological surveys, research into the fossil footmarks of the Connecticut River Valley, and his response to the publication of Darwin's _Origin of Species_ in 1859. For more informat...
Can’t wait to read this! Thank you for making a book about my family
Dear Edward - Thank you for your message. I hope you enjoy my book. Sometime when you have a chance, I wonder if you could visit my website (www.EdwardHitchcock.com) and especially the "Descendants" section (www.EdwardHitchcock.com/descendants.html). If you see any errors or omissions or if you have photos or family history details that you'd like me to add, I'd be happy to hear about them. Sincerely, Bob McMaster
You might enjoy my newest TH-cam video, "The Descendants of Edward and Orra White Hitchcock"