Revolutionary category: 2684 books
Siblings
Brothers and Sisters in American History
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2011
Brothers and sisters are so much a part of our lives that we can overlook their importance. Even scholars of the family tend to forget siblings, focusing instead on marriage and parent-child relations. Based on a wealth of family papers, period images, and popular literature, this is the first book...
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...
The Bolivian Diary
Authorized Edition
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2012
This is Che Guevara’s last diary, compiled from notebooks found in his backpack when he was captured by the Bolivian army in October 1967 and subsequently executed. It became an instant bestseller. Newly revised by Che’s widow (Aleida March), and including a thoughtful preface by...
The Boys from Dolores
Fidel Castro's Classmates from Revolution to Exile
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2007
From the author of Chasing Che, here is the remarkable tale of a group of boys at the heart of Cuba's political and social history. Chosen in the 1940s from among the most affluent and ambitious families in eastern Cuba, they were groomed at the elite Colegio de Dolores for achievement and leadership....
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...
by Douglas Brinkley
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2018
"Douglas Brinkley and American Heritage have done a grand job. This is a first-rate book: fair, clear, and enormously welcome." - David McCullough. "Douglas Brinkley's one-volume history is a riveting narrative of unique people who have come to call themselves American. There is no...
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...
by Grant Allen
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 15, 2012
A fascinating look into what life was like in Britain at the beginning of the formation of the English people: the Anglo-Saxons.