General Books


The First Emancipator: The Forgotten Story of Robert Carter, the Founding Father Who Freed His Slaves Best Price: $4.50 I'm glad that Andrew Levy's book has brought Robert Carter III some public attention. He was,...	Ordinary Courage: The Revolutionary War Adventures of Private Joseph Plumb Martin Best Price: $19.99	Disunion!: The Coming of the American Civil War, 1789-1859 (Littlefield History of the Civil War Era) Best Price: $19.80 In the decades before the Civil War, Americans debating the fate of slavery often invoked the...	The Persistence of Empire: British Political Culture in the Age of the American Revolution (Published for the Institute of Early AME) Best Price: $23.95 Gould writes just as he teaches at the University Of New Hampshire; in a clear and concise...	Recollections of the Jersey Prison Ship (American Experience Series, No 8) Best Price: $6.82 The miseries endured by American seamen during the Revolutionary War are documented in Captain...



Washington's Secret War: The Hidden History of Valley Forge Best Price: $2.48 Yes, Fleming writes well. But the devil is in the details. While Fleming lambastes the Quakers...	Landon Carter's Uneasy Kingdom: Revolution and Rebellion on a Virginia Plantation Best Price: $6.95 I read this book while on vacation at Colonial Williamsburg, Virgina. It would be hard to...	The Battle for New York: The City at the Heart of the American Revolution Best Price: $5.00 I found this to be an excellent book about how NY city factored into the war. The text is...	The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States (Modern Library) Best Price: $13.90 "The Federalist" is a most important collection of articles that were (mostly)...	The Crossing (American Voyages) Best Price: $24.77 I read this based on the fact that I enjoyed the movie adaptation so much. The movie credits...



My Father, Daniel Boone: The Draper Interviews with Nathan Boone Best Price: $15.54 Nathan Boone and his wife, Olive van Bibber Boone, had the kind of memories most people wish...	The Minute Men: The First Fight: Myths and Realities of the American Revolution (History of War) Best Price: $4.89 This is a review for John Galvin's "The Minute Men." The author deserves credit for...	A Vigorous Spirit of Enterprise: Merchants and Economic Development in Revolutionary Philadelphia Best Price: $25.82 A social, economic, and political study of Philadelphia merchants, this study presents both the...	Voyagers to the West: A Passage in the Peopling of America on the Eve of the Revolution Best Price: $18.76 This book was a challenge to read. The first two hundred and fifty pages are as dull as any...	New Shanghai: The Rocky Rebirth of China's Legendary City Best Price: $10.63 Pamela Yatsko's New Shanghai is one of those "must read" books about China. Yatsko did...

The Way of Improvement Leads Home: Philip Vickers Fithian and the Rural Enlightenment in Early America (Early American Studies) (Early American Studies) (Early American Studies) Best Price: $31.44 The Way of Improvement Leads Home traces the short but fascinating life of Philip Vickers...	A Necessary Evil: A History of American Distrust of Government Best Price: $4.14 This book is a perfect example why every citizen of the United States should fear the...	George Washingtons Rules of Civility and Decent Behavior Best Price: $4.50 "Labour to keep alive in your breast that little celestial fire called conscience." ...	Setting the World Ablaze: Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and the American Revolution Best Price: $48.50 This book suffers greatly from the author's unbalanced treatment of Thomas Jefferson. Ferling...	Upon these Shores: Themes in the African-American Experience 1600 to the Present Best Price: $22.84 This work sets a high standard for college-level edited history surveys. I assigned this work...

Cities and Society (Blackwell Readers in Sociology) Best Price: $42.39 This distinctive anthology contains classic and first-rate contemporary writings that have had a...	What Did the Declaration Declare? (Historians at Work) Best Price: $15.94 One great thing about this book is that the original draft by Thomas Jefferson is included. One...	An Empire Divided: The American Revolution and the British Caribbean (Early American Studies) Best Price: $24.75 Have you ever wondered about the thirteen colonies decided to fight for to become an independent...	What Did the Constitution Mean To Early Americans? (Historians at Work) Best Price: $11.00 What did the Constitution mean to early Americans? Ostensibly the foundational document of a...	The Debate on the American Revolution (Issues in Historiography) Best Price: $24.84 The Debate on the American Revolution is the first in-depth study of the way in which...

Benjamin Rush: Patriot and Physician Best Price: $20.01 According to our documented family tree, Dr. Rush was a distant relative relative for whom our...	Jefferson's Pillow: The Founding Fathers and the DIlemma of Black Patriotism Best Price: $4.58 As of this day, Alicia Keys thinks that RAP music was created by whites so that blacks would...	George Washington's War: The Saga of the American Revolution Best Price: $4.99 I would recommend this book as the first to read when studying the war. Excellent portrayal of...	A Companion for Owls: Being the Commonplace Book of D. Boone, Long Hunter, Back Woodsman, & c. Best Price: $2.99 This is a remarkably fun book.. a must for Kentuckians! Manning seems to be channeling D Boon,...	Partisans and Redcoats: The Southern Conflict That Turned the Tide of the American Revolution Best Price: $4.82 Few South Carolinians understand the importance of their state in the Revolutionary War. Walter...

Thomas Jefferson's Architectural Drawings Best Price: $8.77 Jefferson's architectural drawings, edited and compiled by a noted architectural historian who...	The Long Fuse: How England Lost the American Colonies 1760-1785 Best Price: $4.78 And it all started because of the Stamp Act!. This book was a revelation to me since I knew just...	Seeds of Discontent: The Deep Roots of the American Revolution, 1650-1750 Best Price: $18.48 A narrative history of the largely unexplored events-starting almost a century before-that...	The Fourth of July: And the Founding of America Best Price: $8.98 An excellent book. The author brings out many points about the founding of this country that...	Learning to Stand and Speak: Women, Education, and Public Life in America's Republic Best Price: $24.95 Education was decisive in recasting women's subjectivity and the felt reality of their...

Nothing but Blood And Slaughter: The Revolutionary War in the Carolinas, 1781 Best Price: $21.95 Patrick O'Kelley seems to have covered every Revolutionary War Battle and Skirmish for 1781 for...	The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin (America's Past) Best Price: $15.09 From printer's apprentice to internationally famous scientist, inventor, statesman, legislator,...	The Presidential Game: The Origins of American Presidential Politics Best Price: $7.41 McCormick shines a light on the dustiest corner of the U.S. Constitution still in effect. It...	The Boston Campaign: April 1775-march 1776 (Great Campaigns) Best Price: $76.36 Victor Brooks "The Boston Campaign" constitutes the best available single reference on...	Ticonderoga 1758: Montcalm's victory against all odds (Campaign) Best Price: $8.14 Great book, after visiting Fort Ticonderoga, reading the book made the experience more...

Finding Jefferson: A Lost Letter, a Remarkable Discovery, and the First Amendment in an Age of Terrorism Best Price: $4.15 ....and that's a hell of a thing for a conservative Republican to say. I've always liked his...	Creating a Nation of Joiners: Democracy and Civil Society in Early National Massachusetts (Harvard Historical Studies) Best Price: $39.80 The United States is a nation of joiners. Ever since Alexis de Tocqueville published his...	The Transformation of Virginia, 1740-1790 (Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia) Best Price: $15.00 Eighteenth-century Virginian gentry had established a society, complete with imported styles and...	A Diplomatic History of the American Revolution Best Price: $19.00 "A Diplomatic History of the American Revolution" is a succinct but lifeless chronicle...	Westward Expansion: A History of the American Frontier Best Price: $25.00 When this book's first edition appeared in 1949 it was warmly received as an outstanding...

Worlds of Thomas Jefferson At Monticello Best Price: $19.87 What a book! If you are planning on visiting Monticello or learning about Thomas Jefferson, you...	The Constitutional Thought of Thomas Jefferson (Constitutionalism and Democracy) Best Price: $14.70 I've always maintained that the best way to understand the founders is to understand them on...	Thomas Jefferson's Monticello: An Intimate Portrait Best Price: $29.20 Photographer Robert Lautman has taken and assembled a remarkable set of photographs depicting...	George Washington's Expense Account: Gen. George Washington and Marvin Kitman, Pfc. (Ret.) Best Price: $4.99 Did anyone ever hear the term "Worthless as a Continental". It refers to the...	To Begin the World Anew: The Genius and Ambiguities of the American Founders Best Price: $4.10 I've long been a fan of Mr. Bailyn---Ideological Origins of the American Revolution was one of...

A Call to the Sea: Captain Charles Stewart of the USS Constitution Best Price: $5.95 Carefully researched and written by two Naval officers, this book is a biography of one man,...	Alexander Hamilton America's Forgotten Founder (HC) Best Price: $25.77 The author of Alexander Hamilton - America's Forgotten Founder brings to light the unique...	The Federalist Papers (Enriched Classics) Best Price: $3.19 They should be teaching this in our public schools.This defines who we are and what the...

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