Revolutionary category: 2684 books
Liberty's First Crisis
Adams, Jefferson, and the Misfits Who Saved Free Speech
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2015
“Slack engagingly reveals how the Federalist attack on the First Amendment almost brought down the Republic . . . An illuminating book of American history.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review
In 1798, with the United States in crisis, President John Adams and the Federalists in control of...
Freedom Just Around the Corner
A New American History: 1585-1828
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2009
A powerful reinterpretation of the founding of America by a Pulitzer Prize–winning historian.
The creation of the United States of America is the central event of the past four hundred years," states Walter McDougall in his preface to Freedom Just Around the Corner. With this statement...
by Anonymous
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2015
The charter of Massachusetts Bay was one of the New World’s first attempts to establish self-government in the English colonies of North America. In this case, the Massachusetts Bay Company, a joint-stock company resident in England, whose membership included merchants and landed gentry, received...
A Sovereign People
The Crises of the 1790s and the Birth of American Nationalism
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2017
The momentous story of how George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and John Adams navigated the crises of the 1790s and in the process bound the states into a unified nation
Today the United States is the dominant power in world affairs, and that status seems assured. Yet in the decade following...
Mr. President
How and Why the Founders Created a Chief Executive
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012
The little-known story of the dramatic political maneuverings and personalities behind the creation of the office of the president, with ramifications that continue to this day.
On June 1, 1787, when the Federal Convention first talked of establishing a new executive branch, James Wilson moved...
The Art of War
The American War of Independence
Language: English
Release Date: February 24, 2017
**The American colonists had a very special relationship with England since many of them originated from this country. **
As the days were passing by, the colonists enjoyed a “salutary neglect.” They were far from the English monarch who enjoyed in turn the bounties of his colonies. The...
by Richard Brookhiser
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2011
A vivid portrait of the "Father of the Constitution"
James Madison led one of the most influential and prolific lives in American history, and his story--although all too often overshadowed by his more celebrated contemporaries--is integral to that of the nation. Madison helped to shape our...
Patrick Henry
Champion of Liberty
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2017
“A brilliant orator, a firebrand for freedom and individual rights, Henry stands as an American luminary, and Kukla’s magisterial biography shines the glow of achievement on subject and author alike” (Richmond Times Dispatch). Patrick Henry restores its subject, long underappreciated in history...
An Empire on the Edge
How Britain Came to Fight America
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2014
Written from a strikingly fresh perspective, this new account of the Boston Tea Party and the origins of the American Revolution shows how a lethal blend of politics, personalities, and economics led to a war that few people welcomed but nobody could prevent.
In this powerful but fair-minded...
by Mark Lardas
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2011
Despite his lack of formal military training, George Washington may be one of history's must underrated commanders. Building an army virtually from scratch, he defeated the pre-eminent military power of his day. Although, he made mistakes, especially early in the war when he composed over-complicated...
by Jon Kukla
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2009
From the acclaimed author of A Wilderness So Immense comes a pioneering study of Thomas Jefferson's relationships with women, both personal and political.
The author of the Declaration of Independence, who wrote the words “all men are created equal,” was surprisingly uncomfortable with...
by Gordon S. Wood
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2005
From the most respected chronicler of the early days of the Republic—and winner of both the Pulitzer and Bancroft prizes—comes a landmark work that rescues Benjamin Franklin from a mythology that has blinded generations of Americans to the man he really was and makes sense of aspects of his life...
Hamilton's Curse
How Jefferson's Arch Enemy Betrayed the American Revolution--and What It Means for Americans Today
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2008
Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton--two of the most influential Founding Fathers--were also fierce rivals with two opposing political philosophies and two radically different visions for America.
While Jefferson is better remembered today, it is actually Hamilton’s political legacy that...
by Robert V. Remini
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2011
Robert V. Remini's prize-winning, three-volume biography Life of Andrew Jackson won the National Book Award on its completion in 1984 and is recognized as one of the greatest lives of a U.S. President. In this meticulously crafted single-volume abridgment, Remini captures the essence of the life and...