Revolution & Founding Books


Representative Americans: The Revolutionary Generation Best Price: $18.97 Each generation of Americans has a special flavor, a character of its own. Sometimes a memorable...	Samuel Adams: America's Revolutionary Politician (American Profiles) Best Price: $49.12 This biography focuses on the political life of Samuel Adams and his key role in leading...	Samuel Adams: America's Revolutionary Politician (American Profiles) Best Price: $14.50 Samuel Adams comes alive in John K. Alexander's enthralling biography of the pioneer of...	John Adams Best Price: $5.44 David McCullough's John Adams seeks to restore John Adams to his rightful place among the...	Gentleman Revolutionary: Gouverneur Morris, the Rake Who Wrote the Constitution Best Price: $5.99 I enjoyed reading Richard Brookhiser's concise character studies of George Washington and...



A Benjamin Franklin Reader Best Price: $4.39 This is a fine selection from Franklin's writings, including the entire...	A Magnificent Catastrophe: The Tumultuous Election of 1800, America's First Presidential Campaign Best Price: $4.87 Edward J. Larson's magnificent look at America's first disputed election manages to...	1776 Best Price: $5.00 America's most acclaimed historian presents the intricate story of the year of the birth of...	The American Revolution: 1763-1783 (Drama of American History) Best Price: $51.93 "The American Revolution: 1763-1783" covers the time frame from the end of the French...	It Happened in the Revolutionary War Best Price: $3.99 This collection of true anecdotes from the American Revolution offers a behind-the-scenes look...



Battles Of The Revolutionary War: 1775-1781 (Major Battles and Campaigns Series) Best Price: $6.94 I read a library copy of this book to obatin some further information on several Rev. War...	Founding Gardeners: The Revolutionary Generation, Nature, and the Shaping of the American Nation Best Price: $17.85 From the author of the acclaimed The Brother Gardeners, a fascinating look at the founding...	Betsy Ross and the Making of America Best Price: $8.00 Beyond the legend of the creation of the American flag, we know very little about the facts of...	The First Salute Best Price: $2.99 I've read all of Ms. Tuchman's books, and this might be her best. Certainly as good as...	A Is for American: Letters and Other Characters in the Newly United States Best Price: $7.27 I'll get the complaints out of the way first: Though already slim, I found this book to be...

Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation Best Price: $5.84 In this book author Joseph J. Ellis takes a look at the founding fathers which makes you see...	Essays On The Amer Revol Best Price: $39.95 These eight original essays by a group of America's most distinguished scholars include the...	George Washington's False Teeth: An Unconventional Guide to the Eighteenth Century Best Price: $12.79 George Washington was inaugurated as president in 1789 with one tooth in his mouth, a lower left...	My Pen and My Soul Have Ever Gone Together: Thomas Paine and the American Revolution (Studies in American Popular History and Culture) Best Price: $112.09 It is the study of how Thomas Paine's religious beliefs shaped his political ideology and...	Those Damned Rebels Using firsthand accounts?journals, letters from British officers in the field, reports from...

The State as a Work of Art: The Cultural Origins of the Constitution Best Price: $22.62 The founding of the United States after the American Revolution was so deliberate, so inspired,...	Settler and Creole Re-Enactment Best Price: $62.98 Explores the uncalculated and incalculable elements in historical re-enactment - unexpected...	The Self-Perception of Early Modern Capitalists Best Price: $4.43 A collection of essays by leading historians of early modern Europe and the U.S., this books...	The War for American Independence: From 1760 to the Surrender at Yorktown in 1781 Best Price: $54.97 Including both attention to strategic policies in Britain and France and personal accounts of...	Pennsylvania in the War of the Revolution, Volume I: Battalions and Line, 1775-1783 Best Price: $34.00

Confinement and Ethnicity: An Overview of World War II Japanese American Relocation Sites (Scott and Laurie Oki Series in Asian American Studies) Best Price: $18.63 "Confinement and Ethnicity" documents in unprecedented detail the various facilities...	The Documentary History of the First Federal Elections, 1788-1790, Volume II Best Price: $34.92 The second volume in The Documentary History of the First Federal Elections covers the...	Constitutional History of the American Revolution, Volume III: The Authority to Legislate (v. 3) Best Price: $24.92 This is the first comprehensive study of the constitutionality of the Parliamentary legislation...	American Politics in the Early Republic: The New Nation in Crisis Best Price: $29.80 During the years from 1789 to 1801, the republican political institutions forged by the American...	The Americas in the Age of Revolution: 1750-1850 Best Price: $28.77 A comparative history of three revolutions in the Americas is provided by this work: the...

The Center of a Great Empire: The Ohio Country in the Early Republic Best Price: $51.28 A forested borderland dominated by American Indians in 1780, Ohio was a landscape of farms and...	The Department of War, 1781-1795 Best Price: $27.92 Harry M. Ward examines the formative years of the Department of War as a microcosm of the...	States Dyckman: American Loyalist Best Price: $24.97 How many people have had their names and stories lost to history? Countless numbers. How many...	The Boston Tea Party Best Price: $7.83 Describes the events preceding, during, and following the event which helped precipitate the...	Crossing the Delaware: George Washington and the Battle of Trenton (Great Moments in American History) Best Price: $6.55

The Boston Massacre: Five Colonists Killed by British Soldiers (Headlines from History) Best Price: $20.93 Describes the incidents leading up to the Boston Massacre, the event itself, the trial following...	The Witches of Abiquiu: The Governor, the Priest, the Genizaro Indians, and the Devil Best Price: $170.07 The little-studied witchcraft trial that took place at Abiquiu, New Mexico, between 1756 and...	The War of 1812: In the Age of Napoleon Best Price: $31.80 In "The War of 1812 in the Age of Napoleon" Jeremy Black provides a dramatic account...	'Twas Seeding Time: A Mennonite View of the American Revolution Best Price: $142.48	Women of the American Revolution This is a brillant collection (in three volume set) of anecdotical narratives of the...

Documents of the Emerging Nation: U.S. Foreign Relations, 1775-1789 Best Price: $0.01 Documents of the Emerging Nation traces the efforts of John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Jay,...	The Noblest Minds Best Price: $30.61 Ever since Douglass Adair convincingly demonstrated that a love of fame was central to the...	Vindicating the Founders: Race, Sex, Class, and Justice in the Origins of America Best Price: $3.25 West paints a much more clear, uncorrupted and distinct picture of the Founders, their true...	Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga During the American War of Independence Best Price: $11.11 A patriot of the War of Independence Connecticut born Ethan Allen was a complex, ruthless,...	The Papers of Henry Laurens, Volume 8: October 10, 1771-April 19, 1773 Best Price: $32.50

Americas Revolutionary Heritage Best Price: $25.00 I first read this book while taking U.S. history in high school. A friend recommended it as an...	WAR AND SOCIETY IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: MOBILIZATION AND HOME FRONTS Best Price: $22.44 The War for Independence touched virtually every American. It promised liberty, the opportunity...	We the People (Critical Perspectives On The P) Best Price: $4.66 this author must not be refering to the founding documents actually written by the founders. ...	Revolutionary War Quiz and Fact Book Best Price: $4.90 Did you know that in the colonies, prior to the Revolutionary War, every man from age 16 to 60...	March to Quebec Best Price: $437.32 I got this book through Amazon's out-of-print book service after reading Kenneth Roberts...

Documents of the Emerging Nation: U.S. Foreign Relations, 1775-1789 Best Price: $0.01 Documents of the Emerging Nation traces the efforts of John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, John Jay,...	The Noblest Minds Best Price: $30.61 Ever since Douglass Adair convincingly demonstrated that a love of fame was central to the...	Vindicating the Founders: Race, Sex, Class, and Justice in the Origins of America Best Price: $3.25 West paints a much more clear, uncorrupted and distinct picture of the Founders, their true...	Ethan Allen at Ticonderoga During the American War of Independence Best Price: $11.11 A patriot of the War of Independence Connecticut born Ethan Allen was a complex, ruthless,...	The Papers of Henry Laurens, Volume 8: October 10, 1771-April 19, 1773 Best Price: $32.50

Americas Revolutionary Heritage Best Price: $25.00 I first read this book while taking U.S. history in high school. A friend recommended it as an...	WAR AND SOCIETY IN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION: MOBILIZATION AND HOME FRONTS Best Price: $22.44 The War for Independence touched virtually every American. It promised liberty, the opportunity...	We the People (Critical Perspectives On The P) Best Price: $4.66 this author must not be refering to the founding documents actually written by the founders. ...	Revolutionary War Quiz and Fact Book Best Price: $4.90 Did you know that in the colonies, prior to the Revolutionary War, every man from age 16 to 60...	March to Quebec Best Price: $437.32 I got this book through Amazon's out-of-print book service after reading Kenneth Roberts...

Fort Supply, Indian Territory: Frontier Outpost on the Plains	Revolutionary War Bounty Land Grants: Awarded by State Governments Best Price: $44.41 One of the rewards given out to the American citizen soldiers who fought in the War of...	Collections of the New-York Historical Society for the Year 1891. Muster Rolls of New York Provincial Troops 1755-1764 Best Price: $46.50 Rupp's history of Lancaster County documents the origins and development of this hotbed of...	Spanish Observers and the American Revolution, 1775-1783 Best Price: $17.50 This is a great book, based on archival records from Spain (Archivo Militar de las Indias)....	Race and Liberty in the New Nation: Emancipation in Virginia from the Revoution to Nat Turner's Rebellion Best Price: $24.50 By examining how ordinary Virginia citizens grappled with the vexing problem of slavery in a...

A Devil of a Whipping: The Battle of Cowpens Best Price: $225.00 For those with interest in the Battle at Cowpens, there is a real treat in store for you in...	The Papers of General Nathanael Greene: Volume XIII: 22 May 1783-13 June 1786, with Additions to the Series Best Price: $79.17 This thirteenth and final volume of the series devoted to the papers of General Nathanael Greene...	The King's Three Faces: The Rise and Fall of Royal America, 1688-1776 Best Price: $35.92 Reinterpreting the first century of American history, Brendan McConville argues that colonial...	Rape and Sexual Power in Early America (Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia) Best Price: $28.50 In a comprehensive examination of rape and its prosecution in British America between 1700 and...	Strangers and Pilgrims: Female Preaching in America, 1740-1845 (Gender and American Culture) Best Price: $26.52 Margaret Meuse Clay, who barely escaped a public whipping in the 1760s for preaching without a...

A Narrative of a Revolutionary Soldier Best Price: $39.95 This priceless memoir is one of those works often quoted, but never read. Countless Rev War...	The Cousins' Wars: Religion, Politics, Civil Warfare, And The Triumph Of Anglo-america Best Price: $14.00 Political commentator Kevin Phillips has always seen unfolding events & emerging trends...	The Declaration of Independence and Other Great Documents of American History 1775-1865 (Dover Thrift Editions) Best Price: $0.01 The Declaration of Independence and Other Great Documents of American History: 1775-1865 edited...	History of American War: Volume 1. First Year of the War (1861-62) Best Price: $29.99 This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1865 edition by Richard Bentley, London.	A History of the United States of America Best Price: $37.99 This Elibron Classics book is a facsimile reprint of a 1907 edition by J. B. Lippincott Company,...

Adopted Son: Washington, Lafayette, and the Friendship that Saved the Revolution Best Price: $11.24 This new century of ours has been blessed in these early years with a sudden deluge of excellent...	Poorest of the Thirteen: North Carolina and the Southern Department in the American Revolution The edition by iUniverse never got off the ground because of publication errors. The current...	Papers of John Adams, Volume 14: 27 October 1782 - 31 May 1783 (Adams Papers Series 3: General Correspondence and Other Papers of the Adams Statesmen) Best Price: $70.00 John Adams reached Paris on October 26, 1782, for the final act of the American Revolution: the...	Papers of John Adams, Volumes 5 and 6: August 1776 - July 1778 (Adams Papers Series 3: General Correspondence and Other Papers of the Adams Statesmen) (v. 5-6) Best Price: $154.63 These volumes document John Adams' thinking and actions during the final years of his...	A Man Apart: The Journal of Nicholas Cresswell, 1774D1781 Best Price: $78.82 The American Revolution radically changed the lives of many, some of them friends of the...

The American Revolution How did the revolution come about? What was its character? Its consequences? These are the...	1776 Best Price: $22.89 David McCullough does it again! Gives new light to old history in a most personal way. ...	The American Revolution in the Southern Colonies Best Price: $133.34 I ran across this book in my local library. As an avid history buff, I've always felt my...	From Slavery to Freetown: Black Loyalists After the American Revolution Best Price: $39.95 During the American Revolution over 3,000 persons of African descent were promised freedom by...	Ethan Allen and the Green-Mountain Heroes of '76 with a Sketch of the Early History of Vermont (A Heritage Classic) Best Price: $34.00 The life of Ethan Allen, "Hero of Ticonderoga," is detailed. Exciting narratives...

The Federalist: A Classic on Federalism and Free Government Best Price: $74.79 "Nobody has quite done what Dr. Dietze has attempted and has achieved... For there is no...	The Journal and Order Book of Captain Robert Kirkwood of the Delaware Regiment of the Continental Line (Kennikat American Bicentennial Series) Publisher: Wilmington : The Historical Society of Delaware Publication date: 1910 Subjects:...	James Madison: The Theory and Practice of Republican Government (Social Science History) Best Price: $20.00 In recent years, the study of James Madison and his contributions to early American politics has...	Saratoga: Turning Point of America's Revolutionary War Best Price: $22.97 I read this book when it first came out and was enthralled. I happen to live in the Lake...	Prologue to Lewis and Clark: The Mackay and Evans Expedition Best Price: $24.66 A fascinating read of pre-Lewis and Clark explorations into the upper Missouri River Basin from...

A Proper Sense of Honor: Service and Sacrifice in George Washington's Army Best Price: $6.98 A Proper Sense of Honor: Service and Sacrifice in George Washington's Army by Caroline Cox....	Rebels and Democrats: The Struggle for Equal Political Rights and Majority Rule during the American Revolution Best Price: $43.95 In a final analysis and evaluation of the Democratic and Whig programs, Douglass concludes that...	Disunion!: The Coming of the American Civil War, 1789-1859 (Littlefield History of the Civil War Era) Best Price: $15.76 The observance of the sesquicentennial anniversary of The Civil War commences this year, and as...	Passion Is the Gale: Emotion, Power, and the Coming of the American Revolution (Published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Virginia) Best Price: $29.95 At the outset of the eighteenth century, many British Americans accepted the notion that...	John Peebles' American War (Publications of the Army Records Society) This is an outstanding account of the American Revolution by an overlooked point of view, being...

Abraham in Arms: War and Gender in Colonial New England (Early American Studies) Best Price: $92.49 In 1678, the Puritan minister Samuel Nowell preached a sermon he called "Abraham in...	The Long Retreat: The Calamitous Defense of New Jersey, 1776 Best Price: $23.99 Arthur Lefkowitz has produced a fascinating, well researched and accessible narrative of the...	Lines in the Sand: Race and Class in Lowcountry Georgia, 1750-1860 Best Price: $22.00 Lines in the Sand is Timothy Lockley?s nuanced look at the interaction between nonslaveholding...	Atlantic Loyalties: Americans in Spanish West Florida, 1785-1810 Best Price: $20.72 McMichael's "Atlantic Loyalties" makes a good study of how a region became part of...	The Federalist Papers (Masterworks in the Western Tradition) Best Price: $59.84 This book tells the story of The Federalist Papers as an accessible approach to the principles...

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