Books of History / United States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
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The Quotable Jefferson
By Thomas Jefferson"Succeeding admirably in condensing the best quotes from around twenty thousand letters, this book will awaken some readers to the wit and wisdom of Jefferson, and enable others to rediscover it.
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1775: A Good Year for Revolution
By Kevin PhillipsThe distress of the Boston garrison was treated as a temporary difficulty which would end as soon as an adequate ... S. enior alarm North British sounded America. officials over King illicit generally George's arms heeded own and ...
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Benjamin Franklin
By Edwin S. Gaustad, Professor Emeritus of History and Religious Studies Edwin S GaustadAn engaging biography of Benjamin Franklin, published on the tricentennial of his birth, offers a marvelous portrait of this towering colonial figure, who, with only two years of formal education, managed to lead one of the most ...
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1781: The Decisive Year of the Revolutionary War
By Robert L. TonseticThe bloody raid reinforced the hatred and distain that his former countrymen held for Benedict Arnold, but it did little lasting damage. The town of New London was rebuilt, and American privateers soon resumed their operations against ...
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Winter Quarters: George Washington and the Continental Army at Valley Forge
By Noel Fairchild BuschWinter Quarters: George Washington and the Continental Army at Valley Forge
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1774: The Long Year of Revolution
By Mary Beth NortonJohn Bullman and , 144-46 committee of observation and , 275 Continental Congress and , 150-51 , 207 Brockenbrough , Austin , 283 , 447n Brookfield , Massachusetts , 158-59 Brown , Wallace , 348n , 38on Bruce , Capt .
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The Papers of Robert Morris, 1781-1784: Volume 4
By Robert Morris, John Catanzariti... Serge Corvington, and Jerome Stoker of the American History Division, Maude D. Cole, Francis Mattson, ... Virginia Historical Society: Howson W. Cole; Archivo General de Indias, Seville: Rosario EDITORS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xxxvii Parra ...
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1776
By Thomas FlemingOn the day that Lee and Clinton arrived, Thomas Lynch called on William Smith. This fifty-one-year-old grandson of an Irish immigrant was one of the wealthiest men in South Carolina. Yet his Irish ancestry had prompted him to take the ...
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1776
By David McCulloughWakin, Daniel J. “Pastor's Call to Arms in 1776 Has Echoes in 2003.” New York Reportin New York Times, March 16, 2003. Warren, ———. “Uniform of the Revolutionary Army.” Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society. Vol.
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1775: A Good Year for Revolution
By Kevin PhillipsJohn C. Miller, Sam Adams (Stanford, Calif.; Stanford University Press, 1936), pp. 343–44. Details on this historiography can be found in Maier, Old Revolutionaries, op.cit., pp. 3-50. Irvin, op.cit., pp. 103-4. Miller, Sam Adams ...
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The First Salute
By Barbara Wertheim TuchmanPresents a fresh view of the American Revolution, chronicling key events from 1776 to 1781 and assessing the repercussions for America, England, France, and other nations
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William Bartram: Travels & Other Writings (LOA #84)
By William BartramThe eighteenth-century American naturalist describes the wildlife, forests, swamps, rivers, and savannahs of the South, and shares his observations of the Creek and Cherokee Indians
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Mongrel Nation: The America Begotten by Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings
By Clarence Earl WalkerEncyclopӕdia Britannica Online,s.v. “Johnson, RichardM.,” http://www.britannica.com/ib/article9043867 (accessed28June ... and Winthrop D. Jordan, “Hemings andJefferson: Redux,” inLewis and Onuf, SallyHemings andThomas Jefferson,35–51.
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George Washington: Writings (LOA #91)
By George WashingtonAlso included in the volume are letters revealing his close and careful management of Mount Vernon and his evolving attitudes toward slavery.
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1776: Year of Illusions
By Thomas FlemingIn this book, New York Times bestselling historian Thomas Fleming explodes this myth by examining all the dimensions of that year - particularly the least known aspects of the common, fallible humanity of the men and women of the American ...
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Revolutionary War Series: October-December 1777
By George Washington"Volume 12 of the Revolutionary War Series documents Washington's unsuccessful efforts to capitalize on the American victory at Saratoga and his decision to encamp the Continental army for the winter at Valley Forge.
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Washington's Farewell Address to the People of the United States
By George WashingtonWashington's Farewell Address to the People of the United States. This compact volume contains the official text of George Washington's historic Farewell Address, which he wrote in September 1796 after...
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The Queen of America: Mary Cutts's Life of Dolley Madison
By Mary Estelle Elizabeth CuttsFor biographers and fans of Dolley Payne Todd Madison, Mary Cutts's memoir of her famous aunt has been indispensable. Because Madison left behind no account of her life, the common...
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Republican Empire: Alexander Hamilton on War and Free Government
By Karl-Friedrich WallingThe republics of Greece and Rome proved incapable of waging war effectively and remaining free at the same time. The record of modern republics is not much more encouraging. How,...
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America's Song: The Story of "Yankee Doodle"
By Stuart MurrayThis is the first book ever to chronicle the origins of our most famous tune, recognized the world over as ""America's Song."" The legacy of ""Yankee Doodle"" is as rich...