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Matthew J. Davenport

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Matthew Davenport's first book, First Over There, a finalist for the 2015 Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize in Military History, was acclaimed as “a brilliant work for every library” by Library Journal and was heralded by Pulitzer-Prize winning historian James McPherson as "military history at its best." His forthcoming book, The Longest Minute, the gripping, true story of the 1906 earthquake and fire in San Francisco, is scheduled for release from St. Martin's Press in Fall 2023.

Matthew Davenport has been a contributing writer for the Wall Street Journal Book Review and salon.com and is a member of the Authors Guild. A native of Missouri and a former prosecutor, he practices law in North Carolina where he lives with his wife and two sons.
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	The Longest Minute: The Great San Francisco Earthquake and Fire of 1906 4.03 avg rating — 320 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	First Over There: The Attack on Cantigny, America's First Battle of World War I 4.21 avg rating — 229 ratings — published 2015 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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1906 San Francisco Earthquake: A Captivating Guide to the Deadliest Earthquake in the History of the United States (U.S. History)

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Imperial San Francisco: Urban Power, Earthly Ruin (California Studies in Critical Human Geography Book 3)

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