General Books


From Colony to Superpower: U.S. Foreign Relations Since 1776 (Oxford History of the United States) Best Price: $23.08 Herring's laborious and sincere efforts in this comprehensive book on US foreign policy is...	John Adams Best Price: $10.00 I can't tell if this is about the guy who screwed George Washington out of a job or that guy who...	The Federalist Papers (Signet Classics) Best Price: $4.12 Every American high schooler should be required to read and understand this book and the...	1776 Best Price: $7.95 How on Earth did the 13 Colonies ever win the Revolutionary War against the British Empire? It...	Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation Best Price: $5.99 It looked a lot prettier in those Gilbert Stuart and John Trumbull paintings. If there's an...



Samuel Adams: A Life Best Price: $14.00 This book is written in a very tedious style. Most of the book goes something like this: Sam...	American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies in the Founding of the Republic (Vintage) Best Price: $8.72 This is a great addition to the history books covering the founding of our nation. Ellis covers...	Benjamin Franklin: An American Life Best Price: $6.23 Walter Isaacson's resume reads much like that of his subject; businessman, publisher, head of a...	Founding Faith: Providence, Politics, and the Birth of Religious Freedom in America Best Price: $14.99 There are few questions that can get legal scholars, jurists, and ideologues as excited as the...	Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation Best Price: $12.86 This book certainly adds to my knowledge and understanding of colonial history. Cokie Roberts...



His Excellency: George Washington Best Price: $5.95 The essence of George Washington is everywhere in America. When we take out our billfold to pay...	1776: The Illustrated Edition Best Price: $17.49 1776 is the best book I have ever read, period. And it is non-fiction. I could not put it down.	American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson Best Price: $6.26 American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson, though one of the most...	The Declaration of Independence and Other Great Documents of American History 1775-1865 (Dover Thrift Editions) Best Price: $0.01 I feel that everyone in this country should get and read this book so that when you want to...	American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation Best Price: $8.11 Meacham is managing editor of Newsweek, and subsequently it is perhaps not surprising that this...

The Drillmaster of Valley Forge: The Baron de Steuben and the Making of the American Army Best Price: $13.97 I truly enjoyed this book. The writing flowed nicely and the quality of the scholarship was...	Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation Best Price: $6.48 An interesting, though not particularly deep, look at the female relations of the men who get...	The Adams-Jefferson Letters: The Complete Correspondence Between Thomas Jefferson and Abigail and John Adams Best Price: $18.68 It is a very good book, the reading is really good!!! I loved reading the letters between...	Almost a Miracle: The American Victory in the War of Independence Best Price: $14.99 John Ferling's Almost A Miracle is probably one of the best military/diplomatic histories I've...	Thomas Jefferson Best Price: $10.60 I read this book after David McCullough's John Adams and Walter Isaacson's Ben Franklin, both of...

Paul Revere's Ride Best Price: $10.00 I have not read a non fiction book in years but I love historical fiction. To read Fischer's...	Thomas Paine : Collected Writings : Common Sense / The Crisis / Rights of Man / The Age of Reason / Pamphlets, Articles, and Letters (Library of America) Best Price: $20.63 I was extremely happy to find any of Paines writings,I'm afraid it's a sign of the times but...	The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789 (Oxford History of the United States) Best Price: $14.78 Middlekauf's book is the best single treatment of the American Revolution in print. He is fair...	Thomas Jefferson : Writings : Autobiography / Notes on the State of Virginia / Public and Private Papers / Addresses / Letters (Library of America) Best Price: $16.99 The "Writings of Thomas Jefferson" is an outstanding book... Not a classic book,...	The Founders' Second Amendment: Origins of the Right to Bear Arms Best Price: $18.10 I love this book and believe it is a required read for all conscience citizens.

Thomas Paine and the Promise of America Best Price: $8.94 Thomas Paine was a luminary, and one of the (if not the) most forward-thinking of his era. I am...	Houses of the Founding Fathers Best Price: $19.19 I found this book to be very interesting and one which told me more about people with whom I am...	A Magnificent Catastrophe: The Tumultuous Election of 1800, America's First Presidential Campaign Best Price: $5.75 ...the more they haven't. Politics have not just "recently" become bitterly...	The Faiths of the Founding Fathers Best Price: $11.67 The Faiths of the Founding Fathers is a very brief, interesting, and insightful book about the...	Thomas Jefferson: Architect: The Interactive Portfolio Best Price: $27.82 I have not only been a fan of Thomas Jefferson' architecture for a long time, I have also spent...

The Radicalism of the American Revolution Best Price: $8.50 Not a book about battles & generals. This is a book about the Revolution of Ideas that...	The Road to Monticello: The Life and Mind of Thomas Jefferson Best Price: $20.80 This is a somewhat unique approach to writing an intellectual biography of Thomas Jefferson:...	The Federalist Papers (Penguin Classics) Best Price: $8.29 "The disciplined armies always kept on foot on the continent of Europe, though they bear a...	Twilight at Monticello: The Final Years of Thomas Jefferson Best Price: $12.93 I really enjoyed this book. It gave great insight into Jefferson's personal and family life. ...	The Debate on the Constitution : Federalist and Antifederalist Speeches, Articles, and Letters During the Struggle over Ratification : Part One, September 1787-February 1788 (Library of America) Best Price: $10.99 This is an infinitely useful collection of primary sources. Any student of this period should...

Nathan Hale: The Life and Death of America's First Spy Best Price: $12.75 What a shame that modern History textbooks leave out the story of Nathan Hale. Phelps has done a...	Forgotten Patriots: The Untold Story of American Prisoners During the Revolutionary War Best Price: $13.69 Between 1775 and 1783, some 200,000 Americans took up arms against the British Crown. Just over...	George Washington's Rules of Civility & Decent Behavior in Company and Conversation (Little Books of Wisdom) Best Price: $4.07 George Washington's "Rules' are not his at all. The original material in this little volume...	Samuel Adams: Father of the American Revolution Best Price: $14.95 I am shocked and amazed. Shocked that I never knew the critical role that Samuel Adams played...	Henry Knox: Visionary General of the American Revolution Best Price: $16.67 Henry Knox was one of those men who lives in the shadows. He was, in his time, a memorable...

Alexander Hamilton Best Price: $1.60 An excellent biography on the most convertersial, and one of the most important, founding...	The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution Best Price: $19.95 No phase of American history has attracted such talented and distinguished historians and...	The Summer of 1787: The Men Who Invented the Constitution (The Simon & Schuster America Collection) Best Price: $7.35 This book is a collection of anecdotes about the Constitutional Convention and the Framers. I...	Washington's Spies: The Story of America's First Spy Ring Best Price: $8.55 This book focuses on the role of spies in the Revolutionary War around New York City while it...	The Federalist Papers Best Price: $29.56 If you think you understand American constitutions rights and thought, you can't be sure unless...

The Great Upheaval: America and the Birth of the Modern World, 1788-1800 (P.S.) Best Price: $8.95 The Great Upheaval: America and the Birth of the Modern World, 1788-1800 (P.S.) I stumbled...	The American Revolution: A History (Modern Library Chronicles) Best Price: $7.99 Gordon S. Wood provides a pleasantly swift account of the conflicts and motivations of the...	The Wilderness War: A Narrative (Eckert, Allan W. Winning of America Series.) Best Price: $10.48 The Wilderness War gives a factual, detailed account of the last years of the Iroquois Empire...	Frontiersman: Daniel Boone and the Making of America (Southern Biography Series) (Southern Biography Series) Best Price: $23.07 Meredith Mason Brown's new biography of Daniel Boone demonstrates worthy research and is written...	SARATOGA: A Military History of the Decisive Campaign of the American Revolution Best Price: $21.87 The months-long 1777 Saratoga campaign was one of the most decisive of the entire Revolutionary...

A Narrative of a Revolutionary Soldier Best Price: $3.11 One thing comes through loud and clear with Plummer's account of his service in the Continental...	American Loyalist Troops 1775-84 (Men-at-Arms) Best Price: $10.01 To mark the 450th book in the Men-at-Arms series we return to the subject of the very first book...	Nathanael Greene: A Biography of the American Revolution Best Price: $13.97 Gerald Carbone has written a book that every Rhode Islander should read. Nathanael Greene was a...	Forgotten Founder, Drunken Prophet: The Life of Luther Martin (Lives of the Founders) Best Price: $15.74 Mr. Kaufmann has written an important and informative little book on a man I'd previously never...	George Washington : Writings (Library of America) Best Price: $18.00 All too often, George Washington comes across as a monument rather than a person. As the...

The Essential Federalist and Anti-Federalist Papers Best Price: $7.25 This series of essays was extremely helpful in continuing to develop my understanding of our...

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