Mark Brian Kline

Mark-Brian Kline is a New Jersey–based author and independent historian whose work focuses on the American Revolutionary War, with particular emphasis on New Jersey’s coastal and highland regions and their role in the conflict’s final years. His research explores how local events, personal decisions, and acts of wartime violence produced consequences that extended far beyond the communities in which they occurred.

His book, Hanging in the Highlands – The Consequence of War and Peace, examines the 1782 hanging of Captain Joshua Huddy and the international diplomatic crisis that followed. Set against the backdrop of the New Jersey Highlands and the Atlantic coast, the book places a single act of retaliation within the broader context of the Revolution’s unresolved tensions and the fragile transition from war to peace. Kline is currently completing a second Revolutionary War–era work examining George Rogers Clark’s western campaign and its role in shaping the post-war United States.

Published in January 2026 during the commemoration period leading up to the 250th anniversary of American independence, Hanging in the Highlands is grounded in primary and secondary historical sources and written for both general readers and those with a deeper interest in Revolutionary War history. Kline’s work emphasizes place-based history, encouraging readers to understand how national and international outcomes were shaped by events in small towns, contested shorelines, and divided communities.

Kline is currently completing a second Revolutionary War–era work examining George Rogers Clark’s western campaign and its role in shaping the post-war United States.