Eileen Schnabel Author

3 Revolutionary War trivia questions. ⚔️ Time to test your history noggin. #AmericanRevolution #RevWarTrivia #HistoryLovers #USHistory #ColonialAmerica #HistoryTok #LearnSomethingNew #RevolutionaryWar #TriviaTime #KepWestguard

Wishing you a Memorial Day filled with gratitude for those who sacrificed so much… and with a little sunshine, good company, and peaceful moments too.

The King of England wore more than one crown. 👑 During the Revolutionary War, King George III was also ruler of… where exactly? A little history twist from across the Atlantic. 🌍 #RevolutionaryWar #KepWestguard

You’re a general in 1776. Defeat feels certain. Do you fight ⚔️… or stand down 🏳️ to save the lives of your men? (Part 2/2)

⚓ Sailor tattoos carried hidden meanings from the American Revolution through WWII. Do you know what a swallow meant? How about a pig and rooster? 🐖🐓 📍At the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum @sb-maritime-museum.bsky.social #AmericanRevolution #NavalHistory #HistoryTrivia #KepWestguard ⚓📜

🥁⚔️ At the State Historical Museum of Iowa in Des Moines, I stopped at the drums. In the Revolution, drums weren’t background noise. With no radios. No walkie-talkies. They were command. Heard across fields when voices couldn’t carry, they told troops when to march, when to form, when to move.

Imagine this is the Delaware. ❄️ Ice. Darkness. Christmas night, 1776. And Washington asks you to cross— now. That’s grit. That’s leadership. ⚔️🇺🇸 #AmericanRevolution #WashingtonCrossesTheDelaware #Trenton1776 #HistoryInTheCold #Leadership #RevolutionaryWar #HistoryVideo #HistoryNerd #KepWestguard

Your math teacher might have been the most valuable person at America’s first artillery school. 🔢⚔️

Who was the bookseller who refused to stay in his lane? He taught himself French just to read military books. 📚 Dragged cannons over 300 miles of snow to save Washington. ❄️🛞💥 Then built America’s first artillery school at Pluckemin. ⚔️ Meet Henry Knox. Book-smart. Battle-tested.

What was America’s first artillery school? ⚔️🔥 A quick dive into Pluckemin Academy, the Revolutionary War’s training grounds for cannon crews. #HistoryIsCool #RevolutionaryWar #ArtilleryNerd #Pluckemin #KepWestguard

History Nerd Alert! 🤓How many days until Ken Burns’s The American Revolution premieres on PBS? @PBS @KenBurns #AmericanRevolutionPBS #KenBurns #KepWestguard

History Nerd Alert! 🤓 How many days until Ken Burns’s The American Revolution premieres on PBS? @PBS @KenBurns #AmericanRevolutionPBS #KenBurns #KepWestguard

Today’s trivia! 🧠⚔️ 3 questions — let’s see what YOU know about the final turning point of the Revolution — the Battle of Yorktown 🇺🇸💥 #KepWestguard #AmericanRevolution #BattleOfYorktown #HistoryTrivia

💥 Three American Revolution questions — take your best shot (cannonball optional). 💣 ⚔️🇺🇸 #AmRevTrivia #KepWestguard #HistoryQuiz #RevolutionaryWar

Gunpowder heist in Bermuda—during the American Revolution? Yes, really. 💣

3 American Revolution Questions | Let’s See How You Do! 🇺🇸🧠

At fifteen, Thomas Mifflin was a polished Quaker boy from a wealthy Philadelphia family. A British subject then—within twenty years, he’d be Washington’s aide and disowned by his faith. History loves a plot twist. 🕰️ #History #Philadelphia #RevolutionaryWar

Imagine yourself in Washington’s cramped Valley Forge HQ—20 men in one house, starving, freezing, and sick. Nearly 2,000 died that winter. Washington warned Congress the army might “starve, dissolve, or disperse.” Would you urge him to fight on—or believe the cause was lost? 🇺🇸❄️

🚨 Book Birthday! 🚨 Kep Westguard: The Second Battle of Saratoga releases TODAY! 🎂📚

⏳ A girl time-travels to the American Revolution. Cuts her hair. Disguises herself as a boy—and joins a famous sharpshooting unit. What happens next? 👀 📚 Kep Westguard: The Second Battle of Saratoga — Sept. 19.

Think your week was tough? Imagine cutting off your hair to pass as a boy… and fight with a sharpshooter unit in the Revolutionary War ⚔️🎯🇺🇸 📚 Kep Westguard: The Second Battle of Saratoga

Ever heard of a death mask? ☠️ I stumbled onto them while writing a plot twist in Kep Westguard: The Second Battle of Saratoga… and the rabbit hole was too fascinating not to share.

Day 2 of 5 in our ⚡️American Revolution Trivia Challenge! Today’s questions are all about Benjamin Franklin 🦅📜💡 Let’s see how you do! 👉 Free download: Kep Westguard: The Second Battle of Saratoga dl.bookfunnel.com/9d07q75ydb #AmericanRevolution #HistoryTrivia #HistoryMatters

🇫🇷⚔️ How did the sheer violence of the French Revolution shape the American experiment in liberty?

Why the British Feared Daniel Morgan (Backwoods Sharpshooter’s Revenge) 📚 Ready to time travel into the thick of the action? Download Kep Westguard: The Second Battle of Saratoga (FREE for a limited time): 👉 dl.bookfunnel.com/9d07q75ydb

The Battle That Changed the American Revolution Forever Which key battle in the American Revolution lit the fuse for France to jump in? 🇫🇷💥 Download Kep Westguard: The Second Battle of Saratoga free (for a limited time): 📖 dl.bookfunnel.com/9d07q75ydb

Who Was Simon Fraser—and Why Did Morgan’s Men Want Him Dead? 🎯💥 🚨 Time-travel trouble awaits—get your FREE copy of the Kep Westguard adventure: dl.bookfunnel.com/9d07q75ydb #Saratoga1777 #AmericanRevolution #HistoryMystery #TimeTravelHistory #KepWestguard #HistoricalFiction

Can 4 Teens Save the Revolution? | FREE ARC Download! Description: The Battle. The Mission. The Team. 📘 Download Kep Westguard: The Second Battle of Saratoga FREE (ARC): dl.bookfunnel.com/9d07q75ydb

Foraging or Fighting? How Food Became a Weapon in the Revolution

🚨 Paul Revere's been kidnapped?! No lanterns. No midnight ride. Would you take his place? 🐎✨ History just got a lot more intense… and a whole lot more fun. #KepWestguardAdventures #TimeTravelTrouble #PaulRevere #MiddleGradeBooks #HistoryWithATwist #RevolutionaryRide #MGreads #BookTok

History class didn’t prepare you for this. ⚡️A submarine. A spy. A race to rewrite the Revolution.⚔️ It all started with ONE IF BY LAND, TWO IF BY SUBMARINE— the first explosive mission in the Kep Westguard Adventures. 🚨📘 #MiddleGradeBooks #TimeTravelAdventure

Think your week was tough? Try hiding in a Loyalist safehouse... that suddenly isn’t safe. 🔥🏚️💀 KEP WESTGUARD: REBEL SPY #KepWestguard #RebelSpy #ThinkYourWeekWasTough #AmericanRevolution #MiddleGradeAdventure #TimeTravelTrouble 🕰️🚪💣👀

Think your week was tough? Try sneaking into the British camp— and not getting caught. 😬🕵️‍♂️🇬🇧 Kep Westguard: Rebel Spy. #KepWestguard #RebelSpy #ThinkYourWeekWasTough #RiskItAll #BritishCamp #MiddleGradeAdventure #HistoryInDisguise 🕰️💣📜

Think your week was tough? Try blowing up a bridge to stop a Redcoat. KEP WESTGUARD: REBEL SPY 💣🕰️🎯 #KepWestguard #RebelSpy #ThinkYourWeekWasTough #TimeTravelTrouble #MiddleGradeAdventure #SpyMission #BoomGoesTheBridge 🇺🇸📜💥

Think your week was tough? Try time-traveling to 1777… on a spy mission into the British camp. 🕵️‍♂️🕰️🎯

Think your week was tough? Try discovering your grandpa's in 1777—rewriting the Revolution. KEP WESTGUARD: REBEL SPY 💣🕰️🇺🇸 #TimeTravelTrouble #RevolutionaryWar #MiddleGradeBooks #GrandpaGoneRogue #KepWestguard #1777 #HistoryAdventure #ReadMoreHistory

Think your week was tough? Try being a vegan in a Revolutionary War camp.

The sailor in today’s video is my grandpa. And that ship? It’s the one he served on during WWII. I think of him often—of the sacrifices he made while serving in the Navy. The Kep Westguard series was inspired, in part, by his legacy. On this Memorial Day, and honoring all who serve.

🎧 Sound off, history buffs! 🎧 Before walkie-talkies and satellite encryption 📡, how did Revolutionary War commanders get their troops moving through the chaos? 🥁 #RevWarTrivia #TimeTravelersClub #HistoryGoesBoom

What Founding Father Died at the Hands of Aaron Burr? (Plus 3 Duel Facts You Probably Don’t Know!) 🎯 Tell me how many you got out of 4! #HistoryTrivia #FoundingFathers #AaronBurr #Duel #HistoryChallenge

CAPTURED. BEATEN. UNBROKEN. MEET THE PATRIOT LEADER WHO RAN THE GAUNTLET.

One Rev War Question Before Your Coffee’s Cold ☕️🕵️‍♂️#RevWarTrivia #HistoryNerdsUnite

Can you name that American Revolution hero? 🧐 Start your day with one tough Professor Noggin’s question... ⚔️ Revolutionary brains only! #historytrivia #RevolutionaryWar #ProfessorNoggin #AmericanRevolution #NameThatHero #HistoryNerd

Revolutionary War Pop Quiz: Can You Get All 3 Right?

🎯 Training like it’s 1776…ish. In the Revolution, warriors like the Oneida fought alongside the Patriots with bows built for speed, silence, and deadly precision in the woods. No gunpowder. No flash. Just skill, stealth, and a well-aimed shot. #RevWar #Archery #HistoryNerd #KepWestguardAdventures

Which Revolutionary War president dreamed up locks and dams on the Potomac? 🤔💧 Spoiler: it’s not as modern an idea as you think. 🎥👇 #HistorySurprise #FoundingForesight #PotomacLocks

Think you know your Revolutionary War flags? 🇺🇸 Try these two trivia questions! 🤔🎥👇 #HistoryTrivia #RevolutionaryWar #AmericanFlag #DidYouKnow #HistoryBuffs

❄️ 84 days until Kep Westguard: The Second Battle of Saratoga! ❄️ Looks like I’m just crossing the road to a coffee shop to write and edit… but actually, I’m secretly traveling to 1777 Saratoga. 😉✍️❄️ 84DaysToKep #TeaAndTimeTravel

Soup, salad… and a side of storytelling. 🍲📖 85 days to go! #KepWestguardSecondBattleOfSaratoga

Write. Edit. Drink tea. Repeat. ☕⌨️📖 86 days until Kep Westguard: The Second Battle of Saratoga!

🔎 A Quick Peek: Daniel Morgan’s Men Not a deep dive—more like a glimpse. A very short one. But if you've ever wondered who Daniel Morgan and his riflemen were, here’s a peek at the legends. #RevolutionaryWar #DanielMorgan #HistoryPeek

Snowy days always remind me how grateful I am not to be at Valley Forge... but I sure appreciate those who were. Time travel there? Hard pass—unless it’s on paper. ❄️✍️ #ValleyForgeVibes #HistoricalFictionPerks

Here’s a peek inside the Little White House in Key West Truman’s winter getaway, where he ran the country in flip-flops (probably). I love visiting historic homes that look just as they did in the past. It feels like stepping into a time machine. 🚪📷 #HistoryNerd #KeyWest

Stumbling Upon Judy Blume’s Bookstore! 📚✨ A Childhood Reading Memory

I usually write about the 🇺🇸 American Revolution with Kep Westguard’s adventures, but exploring art museums reminds me—there are many ways to tell history’s stories. 🎨📖 Mario Sanchez carved everyday life into wood. Whether through historic fiction or art, history isn’t stuck in the past. #Arthistory

🎩 How Long After the Revolution Did Washington Become President? 🇺🇸 Most people think George Washington went straight from winning the Revolution to leading the country—but the real answer might surprise you. 🎥 Watch now to find out! #history #timetravel #georgewashington

📢 TRIVIA TIME! 🎩⚔️ What state did the Battle of Saratoga take place in? (Hint: There's a National Park you can) 💡 Kep Westguard: The Great Escape is on Goodreads Giveaway NOW! 🎉📚 🔗https://goodreads.com/giveaway/enter_kindle_giveaway/403210-kep-westguard-the-great-escape

It’s my birthday! 🥳🎂Every trip around the sun is an adventure, and I’m so grateful. Sharing American history through the Kep Westguard series and connecting with fellow history fans is a highlight. Here’s to another year of storytelling, time travel, and new adventures—thank you for your support! ❤️

🎥 Ever wonder how George Washington pulled off the ultimate mic drop in history? Spoiler: It wasn’t just his boots on the ground—it was something happening on the high seas! 🌊⚓📽️ Watch the video to find out what had the British ships saying, “¡Ay caramba!” 🌟 #AmericanRevolution #GeorgeWashington

Found a vintage Revolutionary War board game—some say board games are making a comeback, but I never left! 🎲 Shoutout to @nkgames—the biggest board game spot in the US (probably?). What’s your favorite board game? #BoardGames #RevWarGames #KindredSpirits

Flashback Friday (even if it’s not Friday 😉): Today's video takes a dive—literally—into my first book ONE IF BY LAND, TWO IF BY SUBMARINE! 🦄 Time travel, Revolutionary War spies, and yes, a submarine. Because why walk through history when you can plunge right in? Check it out!

From Library Love to Holiday Bazaar MVP 📚❤️Big thanks to my amazing husband—he set up, met readers, grabbed me lunch @panerabread, and cheered me on for 5 hours at the holiday bazaar! 📚❤️ We met in a library over 30 years ago… and the rest, as they say, is American History. 😉

📚 Surrounding kids (and you too!) with books makes reading more likely! Breakfast table, bedside, car—always have books handy! Library sales = treasure trove! ✨ #ReadersAreLeaders #UsedBookLove

🎉 Had an amazing time at Daydream Believers Bookstore in Lake Mills! 💫 Huge thanks to everyone who came out to chat, shop, and support local. Every tree deserves wrapped books underneath! 🎁📚 Let’s keep the magic alive—visit your local bookstore today! ❤️ #ShopLocal #ReadMoreBooks #LakeMills

🎉 Had an amazing time at Daydream Believers Bookstore in Lake Mills! 💫 Huge thanks to everyone who came out to chat, shop, and support local. Every tree deserves wrapped books underneath! 🎁📚 Let’s keep the magic alive—visit your local bookstore today! ❤️ #ShopLocal #ReadMoreBooks #LakeMills

THANK YOU, DAYDREAM BELIEVERS BOOKSTORE! 🎉 THANK YOU, READERS! 📚 THANK YOU, LOCAL SHOPPERS! ❤️ AND THANK YOU TO EVERYONE PUTTING BOOKS UNDER THE TREE! 🎁✨

I first discovered Phillis Wheatley’s incredible story while researching One If by Land, Two If by Submarine. Phillis is an American treasure—a remarkable author and poet who continues to inspire. Visiting her statue in Boston was powerful and humbling. Read history—learn about American heroes.

Just got my copy of The Line of Splendor by @salinabbaker.bsky.social Salina B. Baker! 📚 I met Salina at History Camp Boston this summer and loved her lecture—she’s a treasure trove of Revolutionary War knowledge. Can’t wait to dive into this story of Nathanael Greene! #HistoricalFiction #AmRev

Love heroes like Luke Skywalker or Percy Jackson? Meet Peter Salem, a real-life hero of Bunker Hill—no lightsaber, no godly powers, just grit, determination, and the fight for freedom. History’s heroes are just as epic! #PeterSalem #BunkerHill #HistoryHeroes #AmericanRevolution

Last night, I left Panera after a marathon writing session deep in Revolutionary War territory (mentally, at least), only to step outside and feel like I’d time-traveled to Valley Forge. 🥶 📚 What’s your favorite historical moment you’d never want to experience firsthand? Drop it below! ⬇️

🎁 Reason #1 to Gift Books This Holiday: Stress Relief! 💤📚 Give the gift of calm this season. ✨🎄 Reading can reduce stress by up to 68% (University of Sussex study! 🧠📖) and even help you sleep better. #GiftBooks #StressReliefReads