Revolutionary Period (1775 1800) category: 1601 books

Addison Peale Russell was an American author of the later nineteenth century. He is remembered mainly for his Sub-Coelum — "his best book...a Utopian protest against materialistic socialism."

Ansel D. Nickerson wrote this popular book that continues to be widely read today despite its age.

"PLUNDER, rapine, and violence still go on...It has indeed been at times almost beyond endurance." With her husband away at war, Grace Barclay strives to carry on day-to-day, raising children, caring for a household, and keeping a journal for her husband to read when he gets home. Neighbors are robbed...

William Pittenger was a Union Army soldier during the American Civil War. He was one of the first recipients of the Medal of Honor. He is the author of Daring and Suffering, a History of the Great Railroad Adventurers (Philadelphia, 1863; enlarged ed., New York, 1887); Oratory, Sacred and Secular (Philadelphia, 1881); and Extempore Speech (1882).

In 1799, the Federalist Party was at the height of its power. It controlled both houses of Congress, had the unanimous support of the Supreme Court, and had never lost a presidential election. According to President Theodore Roosevelt in his book Gouverneur Morris, in that year: "Four-fifths of the talent,...

Reginald Horsman's powerful and comprehensive survey of the early years of the American Republic covers the dramatic years from the setting up of the US Constitution in 1789, the first US presidency under George Washington, and also the presidencies of Adams, Jeffersen and Madison. A major strength...

A wealth of essential facts in the Q-and-A format that you want! This book is the ideal way to sharpen your skills and prepare for exams Get the question-and-answer practice you need with McGraw-Hill's 500 College U.S. History I Questions to Know by Test Day. Organized for easy reference and...

Arthur Peronneau Ford wrote this popular book that continues to be widely read today despite its age.

Andrew Brown wrote this popular book that continues to be widely read today despite its age.

Written by a renowned expert on the American Founding period, this book examines selections of key documents from 1215 through 1791 that were instrumental to the development of the U.S. Constitution and the American political tradition. • Supplies comprehensive explanations of the key documents...

Anti-slavery Convention of American Women wrote this popular book that continues to be widely read today despite its age.

A. Cooper wrote this popular book that continues to be widely read today despite its age.

The period between 1776-1826 signalled a major change in how Jewish identity was understood both by Jews and non-Jews throughout the Americas. Jews in the Americas, 1776-1826 brings this world of change to life by uniting important out-of-print primary sources on early American Jewish life with rare...

Alice Morse Earle was an American historian and author from Worcester, Massachusetts. She was christened Mary Alice by her parents Edwin Morse and Abby Mason Clary.