Revolutionary Period (1775 1800) category: 1601 books
Beyond Confederation
Origins of the Constitution and American National Identity
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2013
Beyond Confederation scrutinizes the ideological background of the U.S. Constitution, the rigors of its writing and ratification, and the problems it both faced and provoked immediately after ratification. The essays in this collection question much of the heritage of eighteenth-century constitutional...
by Francis Russell
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2019
Young America is a star-spangled account of the perilous, exuberant, dissension-filled first six decades of the United States. The book opens with George Washington's triumphant journey to New York City for his inauguration as first president of the United States. It ends with Abraham Lincoln's solemn...
by Thomas Fleming
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2016
Here, from New York Times bestselling historian Thomas Fleming, is the dramatic story of the Boston Massacre and the subsequent trial of nine British soldiers for murder. Never before in the history of the American colonies, writes Fleming, had a trial aroused such intense, complex, political and personal...
Lion of Liberty
Patrick Henry and the Call to a New Nation
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2010
In this action-packed history, award-winning author Harlow Giles Unger unfolds the epic story of Patrick Henry, who roused Americans to fight government tyranny-both British and American. Remembered largely for his cry for liberty or death,” Henry was actually the first (and most colorful) of...
"Mr. President"
George Washington and the Making of the Nation's Highest Office
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2013
Although the framers gave the president little authority, George Washington knew whatever he did would set precedents for generations of future leaders. To ensure their ability to defend the nation, he simply ignored the Constitution when he thought it necessary.
In a revealing new look at...
by Harlow Giles Unger
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2019
From New York Times bestselling author and Founding Fathers' biographer Harlow Giles Unger comes the astonishing biography of the man whose pen set America ablaze, inspiring its revolution, and whose ideas about reason and religion continue to try men's souls.
Thomas Paine's words were like...
by Thomas Fleming
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: February 7, 2018
General William Howe had a reputation as a bold, resourceful commander. Yet in battle after battle, he had George Washington beaten - and failed to pursue the advantage. Was "Sir Billy" all glitter and no gold? Or was he actually in sympathy with the rebellion? Here, in this short-form book by New York Times bestselling author Thomas Fleming are the answers.
by Benjamin Waterhouse
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2013
A
JOURNAL,
OF
A YOUNG MAN OF MASSACHUSETTS,
LATE
A SURGEON ON BOARD AN AMERICAN PRIVATEER,
WHO WAS CAPTURED AT SEA BY THE BRITISH, IN MAY, EIGHTEEN HUNDRED
AND THIRTEEN, AND WAS CONFINED FIRST,
AT MELVILLE ISLAND, HALIFAX, THEN AT CHATHAM,
IN ENGLAND ... AND LAST,
AT DARTMOOR PRISON.
INTERSPERSED...
Eliza Hamilton
The Extraordinary Life and Times of the Wife of Alexander Hamilton
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2018
From the New York Times bestselling author of Irena’s Children comes a “vivid, compelling, and unputdownable new biography” (Christopher Andersen, #1 New York Times bestselling author) about the extraordinary life and times of Eliza Hamilton, the wife of founding father Alexander Hamilton, and...
John Paul Jones
Sailor, Hero, Father of the American Navy
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2010
The New York Times bestseller from master biographer Evan Thomas brings to life the tumultuous story of the father of the American Navy.
John Paul Jones, at sea and in the heat of the battle, was the great American hero of the Age of Sail. He was to history what Patrick O’Brian’s Jack Aubrey...
by Thomas Fleming
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2018
New York Times bestselling historian Thomas Fleming creates a dramatic, moving depiction of the Siege of Yorktown - the days in October 1781 that ended the American Revolution and changed the world. Along with French General Jean-Baptiste Rochambeau, George Washington made an astonishing march through...
How to Read the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence
A Simple Guide to Understanding the United States Constitution
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2017
Have you ever wanted to read the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence and really understand what they’re saying?
Learn how they impact your life; your rights and freedoms? How the branches of government were formed, and why?
You’re not alone. Millions of Americans want...
Declaration
The Nine Tumultuous Weeks When America Became Independent, May 1-July 4, 1776
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2010
This is the rambunctious story of how America came to declare independence in Philadelphia in 1776. As late as that May, the Continental Congress had no plans to break away from England. Troops under General George Washington had been fighting the British for nearly a year—yet in Philadelphia a...
Founding Myths
Stories That Hide Our Patriotic Past
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2014
First published ten years ago, award-winning historian Ray Raphael’s Founding Myths has since established itself as a landmark of historical myth-busting. With Raphael’s trademark wit and flair, Founding Myths exposed the errors and inventions in America’s most cherished tales, from Paul Revere’s...