Matthew J. Davenport
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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” in a starred review from 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 Great Earthquake and Fire of 1906 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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