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Founding Brothers : The Revolutionary Generation by Joseph J. Ellis

An illuminating study of the intertwined lives of the founders of the American republic--John Adams, Aaron Burr, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and George Washington...

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The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay, Clinton Rossiter (Editor), Charles R. Kesler (Introduction)

This is a new edition of the classic text, the papers of Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison written in support of the then-proposed Constitution of the United States. In addition to the supplementary materials provided (including a copy of the Constitution and an Index of Ideas), this revised edition also contains a new introduction, historical glossary, selected bibliography, the Declaration of Independence and the Articles of Confederation. Amazon Review.

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Setting the World Ablaze : Washington, Adams, Jefferson and the American Revolution by John E. Ferling

So many books have already been published about the American Revolution as well as about Washington, Adams, and Jefferson. Ferling brilliantly analyzes all three towering figures within a specific historical context, to be sure, but also in terms of each other. He creates and then explores a matrix of juxtapositions between and among them, comparing and contrasting all three in relation to each other but also in relation to the historical context on which each had such a profound impact... Amazon Review.

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The Anti-Federalist Papers and the Constitutional Convention Debates by Ralph Ketcham

These often intense and fiery speeches made by the Anti-Federalists or the detractors of the Constitution (as it was being written and then debated) are powerful, passionate and sharp enough to make one feel these words were meant to be weapons, i.e., the front line defense of the freedom and liberty we so easily take for granted today... Amazon Review

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Angel in the Whirlwind : The Triumph of the American Revolution by Benson Bobrick

A disparate group of settlers, spread from New England to Georgia, agreed on little in the mid-eighteenth century. This fascinating history tells the story of how they eventually conquered the enemy, England, while it reminds readers just how divided the colonies really were. 3 maps. Amazon.

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Patriots : The Men Who Started the American Revolution by A. J. Langguth

This meticulously researched narrative history brings to life the American Revolution--the battles, the treacheries, the drama, and the dynamic personalities of the men who forged our freedom. Amazon.

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The Road to Guilford Courthouse: The American Revolution in the Carolinas by John Buchanan

"Chronologically connecting events from the siege of Charleston in April 1780, to the battle of Guilford Courthouse, almost a year later, Buchanan carefully weaves politics, battles and personalities into one of the fascinating stories of American independence." Roanoke Times

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The Cousins' Wars : Religion, Politics, and the Triumph of Anglo-America by Kevin P. Phillips

"This is an elegant and provocative book...Phillips not only seeks out the religious foundations of political differences but finds an underlying Anglo-America that has not only endured despite these wars but has decisively reshaped the modern world..." Publisher

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Thomas Paine : Collected Writings : Common Sense / The Crisis / Rights of Man / The Age of Reason / Pamphlets, Articles, and Letters (Library of America) by Thomas Paine, Eric Foner (Editor)

Thomas Paine's greatness lied in his ability to take the abstract ideas of the American Revolution and make them graspable by all of his time, while infusing them with the moral passion that they truly deserved. Paine is one of the great masters of ideas taken into action... Amazon.

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A History of the American Revolution by John R. Alden

I found the book excellent to begin my research into the Revolution and found it to be fair and balanced for both sides. Having a major in Us History and needing a book for History: Revolutions, Alden was a treasure to have stumbled upon. Amazon Review.

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Battles of the Revolutionary War, 1775-1781 (Major Battles and Campaign's) by W. J. Wood

This is one of the best books on the battles of the American Revolution. having much of the smell of gunpowder about it, the author tells a straightforward tale of courage, hardship, defeat, and, finally, victory by an army of hard-bitten Continentals who became professionals through endurance, deadly on the job training, and the leadership of some of the best combat commanders in American history. Amazon Review.

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Saratoga : Turning Point of America's Revolutionary War by Richard M. Ketchum

This is a relatively new book, and it is an excellent history of the series of battles, the campaign, that was the turning point of the American Revolution. Seldom does a British armed force surrender; in the Revolution two did-at Yorktown and at Saratoga. Amazon Review.

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The Day the American Revolution Began: 19 April 1775 by William H. Hallihan

The shot heard round the world traveled at slightly less than the speed of sound, as the news of its firing took four days to travel from Lexington Green to New York, five days to Philadelphia, and more than five weeks to distant London. William H. Hallahan follows the news--and the reactions it provoked--in The Day the American Revolution Began. Amazon Review.

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The Winter Soldiers : The Battles for Trenton and Princeton by Richard M. Ketchum

Every school child knows that Washington crossed the Delaware and it was a big deal. Not many know why. Including me, until I read the book. Now I understand why he is so revered. This book is well written and inspiring. Amazon Review.

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The Glorious Cause : The American Revolution, 1763-1789 by Robert Middlekauff

Many histories of the American Revolution are written as if on stained glass, with George Washington's forces of good battling King George III's redcoat devils. The actual events were, of course, far more complex than that, and Robert Middlekauff undertakes the difficult task of separating the real from the mythic with great success... Amazon Review

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Radicalism of the American Revolution by Gordon S. Wood

Perhaps, as is often noted, the American Revolution was not as convulsive or transforming as its French and Russian counterparts. Yet this sparkling analysis from Wood (History/Brown Univ.; ed., The Rising Glory of America, 1971) impressively argues that it was anything but conservative... Kirkus Reviews

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Paul Revere's Ride by David Hackett Fischer

The book is meticulously researched and extremely thorough. Hackett's history of Paul Revere, British General Gage and all the surrounding times, people, places and events pulls together what was happening just prior to the Revolutionary War. Not only is it wonderful as a history book, but it's a fun and interesting read; if all history books were so interesting, fewer history students would be bored. Amazon Review.

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