Revolutionary Period (1775 1800) category: 1601 books
The Oldest Revolutionary
Essays on Benjamin Franklin
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2018
Benjamin Franklin is the model American of an America that we have created. But if we can go beyond our preconceptions of Franklin and the 1776 and 1976 image of America, we can learn something of the truth, as well as the art, of his writings. The essays in this volume evaluate Franklin as a printer,...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2017
This excellent report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. The outcome of the American Revolution was never inevitable. A military victory against British forces was a necessary but not sufficient condition to create a stable political structure in...
The Contribution of Spain and Cuba to American Independence
A Forgotten Ally
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2016
This history of the contribution of Spain and Cuba to the American War of Independence continues to be largely ignored by the Americans and the world in general, including Spaniards and Latin Americans. This new presentation of my previous work includes three additional chapters with new data and...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
Baron Ludwig von Closen-Haydenburg's lively account of his campaigns in America as aide-de-camp to Rochambeau during the Revolution is at last available here in published form. This is not only a translation but a critical edition that identifies the numerous eighteenth-century sources the Baron used...
American Silver-Hilted, Revolutionary and Early Federal Swords Volume Ii
According to Their Geographical Areas of Mounting
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2015
This publication gives the sword enthusiast an opportunity to observe edged weapons made, for the most part, in the United States that display regional characteristics that often transcend state lines. The makers of these swords, many of whom were silversmiths as well, had learned the skills and peculiarities...
The Complete Works of Benjamin Franklin
Letters and Papers on Electricity, Philosophical Subjects, General Politics, Moral Subjects & the Economy, American Subjects Before & During the Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2017
This collection starts first and foremost with Benjamin Franklin's autobiography, one of the most famous and influential autobiographies ever written. The edition includes all the collections of his writings, together with various papers that have been published in separate pamphlets. All the writing...
The Hamilton Cookbook
Cooking, Eating, and Entertaining in Hamilton's World
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2017
What was it like to eat with Alexander Hamilton, the Revolutionary War hero, husband, lover, and family man? In The Hamilton Cookbook, you’ll discover what he ate, what his favorite foods were, and how his food was served to him. With recipes and tips on ingredients, you’ll be able to recreate...
The Saratoga Campaign
Uncovering an Embattled Landscape
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2016
The battles of Saratoga proved to be a turning point in the Revolutionary War when British forces under the command of General John Burgoyne surrendered to American forces led by General Horatio Gates. The Saratoga Campaign provides a new and greatly expanded understanding of the battles of Saratoga...
by Hugh F. Rankin
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
In this classic account of the Revolutionary War experiences of the North Carolina Continentals, Hugh F. Rankin traces the events leading to war in North Carolina and follows all the campaigns and battles in which the North Carolina Continentals took part--Brandywine, Germantown, Charleston, Savannah,...
by Jeffrey H. Hacker
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 20, 2014
The Early Republic and the Rise of National Identity, a new title in the six-title series History Through Literature: American Voices, American Themes, provides insights and analysis regarding the history, literature, and cultural climate of the formative period of the Early Republic through the early...
Poetry Wars
Verse and Politics in the American Revolution and Early Republic
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2017
During America's founding period, poets and balladeers engaged in a series of literary "wars" against political leaders, journalists, and each other, all in the name of determining the political course of the new nation. Political poems and songs appeared regularly in newspapers (and as...
by Debra J. Allen
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2012
Historical Dictionary of U.S. Diplomacy from the Revolution to Secession covers the period from 1776, when the nation declared its independence from Great Britain, through 1861, when the Civil War presented the biggest challenge to the continuation of the “republican experiment.” Probably the...
Samuel Adams
A Life
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2008
In this stirring biography, Samuel Adams joins the first tier of founding fathers, a rank he has long deserved. With eloquence equal to that of Thomas Jefferson and Tom Paine, and with a passionate love of God, Adams helped ignite the flame of liberty and made sure it glowed even during the Revolution's...
by David McCullough
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2001
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2001
In this powerful, epic biography, David McCullough unfolds the adventurous life-journey of John Adams, the brilliant, fiercely independent, often irascible, always honest Yankee patriot -- "the colossus of independence," as Thomas Jefferson called him -- who spared nothing in his zeal for...