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Taxes, the Tea Party, and Those Revolting Rebels: A History in Comics of the American Revolution

by Stan Mack

Presenting the American Revolution in a fun, easy-to-understand fashion, Stan Mack’s illustrated rendition makes history entertaining while providing lucid insight into the revolution’s real-life participants,...

First American Army

by Bruce Ph.D.

This is the first book that offers a you-are-there look at the American Revolution through the eyes of the enlisted men. Through searing portraits of individual soldiers, Bruce Chadwick, author of George Washington's...

American Revolution 100

by Michael Lanning

The American Revolution 100 brings you to the charred battlefields and inside the maneuverings of the greatest leaders of the war that gave birth to America.

The Federalist Papers

by James Madison & Alexander Hamilton

In time for the upcoming election season, Penguin presents a series of six portable, accessible, and—above all—essential reads from American political history, selected by leading scholars. Series editor...

Hurricane of Independence

by Tony Williams

The sleeper history hit of 2008, released in paperback to coincide with the heart of hurricane season On September 2, 1775, the eighth deadliest Atlantic hurricane of all time landed on American shores. Over...

The Sword of Liberty: Returning Power to the American People!

by Loren J. Enns

While engaged in anti-terror operations, John Laurens is called to the island of St. Croix, for the execution of a secret will. Attached to the summons, he finds the tale of an ancient sword, carried into battle...

Three To Ride: A Ride That Defied An Empire and Spawned A New Nation

by John C. Redmond

Three to Ride chronicles the events leading to the actions taken by British colonists in America against British troops, ultimately concluding in independence for the colonies. This book presents the courage...

George Washington's Military Genius

by Dave Richard Richard Palmer

George Washington’s military strategy has been called bumbling at worst and brilliant at best. So which is it? Was George Washington a strategic genius or just lucky? So asks Dave R. Palmer in his new book,...

The Founding Fathers Guide to the Constitution

by Brion McClanahan

What Does the Constitution Really Mean?

Are liberals right when they cite the “elastic” clauses of the Constitution to justify big government? Or are conservatives right when they cite the Constitution’s...

America's Jubilee: A Generation Remembers the Revolution After 50 Years of Independence

by Andrew Burstein

In America's Jubilee distinguished historian Andrew Burstein presents an engrossing narrative that takes us back to a pivotal year in American history, 1826, when the reins of democracy were being passed from...

Washington's Spies: The Story of America's First Spy Ring

by Alexander Rose

Based on remarkable new research, acclaimed historian Alexander Rose brings to life the true story of the spy ring that helped America win the Revolutionary War. For the first time, Rose takes us beyond the...

Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for America's Independence

by Carol Berkin

The American Revolution was a home-front war that brought scarcity, bloodshed, and danger into the life of every American. In this groundbreaking history, Carol Berkin shows us how women played a vital role...

American Creation

by Joseph J. Ellis

From the first shots fired at Lexington to the signing of the Declaration of Independence to the negotiations for the Louisiana Purchase, Joseph J. Ellis guides us through the decisive issues of the nation’s...

The First Emancipator: The Forgotten Story of Robert Carter, the Founding Father Who Freed His Slaves

by Andrew Levy

Robert Carter III, the grandson of Tidewater legend Robert “King” Carter, was born into the highest circles of Virginia’s Colonial aristocracy. He was neighbor and kin to the Washingtons and Lees and a...

Colonial Origins of the American Constitution

by Donald S. S. Lutz

"Local government in colonial America was the seedbed of American constitutionalism." So begins the introductory essay to this landmark collection of eighty documents created by the American colonists—and...

The Origin and Principles of the American Revolution, Compared with the Origin and Principles of the French Revolution

by Friedrich Gentz

The Origin and Principles of the American Revolution is perhaps one of the most important books written on the American Revolution by a European author. It is an original study of the subject by a conservative,...

An Essay on the Life of the Honourable Major-General Israel Putnam

by David Humphreys

David Humphreys was aide-de-camp to Washington during the American Revolution. His Life of Israel Putnam, originally published in 1788, has rightly been described as “the first biography of an American written...

Revolutionary Spirits: The Enlightened Faith of America's Founding Fathers

by Gary Kowalski

Bringing to life the complex creeds and personalities of America's Founding Fathers, this book confronts many of the myths about the religious views of some of the most notable figures in history. Offering clear...

A People's History of the American Revolution: How Common People Shaped the Fight for Independence

by Ray Raphael

The best single-volume history of the Revolution I have read.

—Howard Zinn

The first major effort to tell the history of the American Revolution from the often overlooked standpoints of its everyday participants,...

What They Didn't Teach You About the American Revolution

by Mike Wright

What made the founding fathers so great (Or were they?). And don't forget the founding mothers. We have intrigue and skulduggery with spies from Nathan Hale to Benedict Arnold, including enlightening stops on...