Charles Rappleye

Charles (McMillan) Rappleye (January 22, 1956 – September 15, 2018) was an American writer and editor. He is the co-founder, along with his wife Tulsa Kinney, of the art magazine Artillery. His work appeared in Virginia Quarterly Review, American Journalism Review, Columbia Journalism Review, LA Weekly, LA CityBeat, and OC Weekly.

Awards

• 2006 best book by the New York City American Revolutionary War Round Table.
• 2007 George Washington Book Prize.

Works

• Rappleye, Charles. Robert Morris: Financier of the American Revolution. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2010. ISBN 978-1-4165-7091-2.
• Sons of Providence: The Brown Brothers, the Slave Trade, and the American Revolution. Simon & Schuster. 2006. ISBN 978-0-7432-6688-8.
• Charles Rappleye; Ed Becker (1995). All American Mafioso: The Johnny Rosselli Story. Barricade Books. ISBN 978-1-56980-027-0.

Reviews

"Rappleye, a journalist whose one previous book was about organized crime, skillfully details the complex relationship between these brothers, whose differences over slavery tested but never destroyed their friendship."

"The leap from the Mafia to colonial New England is a long one, but Rappleye makes it with style. He is a diligent researcher (who has difficulty letting go of what he finds, hence this book's excessive length) and a fair-minded, unjudgmental chronicler of the Browns' complicated story."

External links

• "Review by Erik J. Chaput: Sibling Rivalry in Early America", Common-place Review