Christopher Pearl
Associate Professor of History
Chris Pearl is an historian of early America with a focus on the American Revolution. He is currently Associate Professor and Chair of History and Co-Chair of American Studies at Lycoming College in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. He is also the author of two books, Conceived in Crisis: The Revolutionary Creation of an American State (University of Virginia Press, 2020), and Declarations of Independence: Indigenous Resilience, Colonial Rivalries, and the Cost of Revolution (University of Virginia Press, 2024).
Nov. 24, 2025
Episode 21: The Vengeance
The long-simmering rivalry between Virginians and Pennsylvanians for control of the Ohio Country leads to the 1774 massacre of Soyechtowa James Logan’s family at Yellow Creek along the banks of the Ohio River, igniting a war ...