Revolutionary Period 1775 1800 category: 1601 books
1777
The Year of the Hangman
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2014
“A revisionist view of the Revolution’s most crucial year… it explodes many of the myths surrounding Burgoyne’s Canadian expedition and Howe’s Pennsylvania campaign. There is a wealth of fascinating detail in this book, including information on arms and supplies, rations for women camp...
by Matthew J. Flynn and Stephen E. Griffin
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2011
George Washington became president of the newly formed United States just as the French Revolution erupted in 1789, a moment that would pave the way for Napoleon and his eventual empire. In this momentous year, the Americans consolidated the gains of their rebellion, and the French embarked upon a more...
Sex and the Scientist
The Indecent Life of Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford (1753-1814)
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2018
One of the preeminent natural philosophers of the Enlightenment, Benjamin Thompson started out as a farm boy with a practical turn of mind. His inventions include the Rumford fireplace, insulated clothing, the thermos, convection ovens, double boilers, double-paned glass and an improved sloop. He...
Homesickness
An American History
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2011
Homesickness today is dismissed as a sign of immaturity, what children feel at summer camp, but in the nineteenth century it was recognized as a powerful emotion. When gold miners in California heard the tune "Home, Sweet Home," they sobbed. When Civil War soldiers became homesick, army...
by Daniel Marston
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2014
The American Revolution has been characterized politically as a united political uprising of the American colonies and militarily as a guerrilla campaign of colonists against the inflexible British military establishment. Daniel Marston argues that this belief, though widespread, is a misconception....
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Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2012
No matter who you identify with-Democrat or Republican, Tea Party or Green Party, Independent or something else altogether- we the people should read:
The Constitution of the United States of America
The Bill of Rights and all of the Amendments
The Declaration of Independence
The...
The Founders’ Revolution
The Forgotten History and Principles of the Declaration of Independence
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2018
Enlightens readers to the forgotten history of the Declaration
Explains the seldom taught principles of the Declaration
Uses the Founding Fathers’ own words to back the claims of the principles found in the Declaration
Explains every paragraph of the Declaration with the support...
by George Rogers Clark, milo Milton Quaife
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2017
The Conquest of the Illinois, also known as "Clark's Memoir", is one of the most noteworthy of the books on American history: it's a first-hand account by the chief participant, and thus a key primary source for the early history of the United States.
Loyal Protestants and Dangerous Papists
Maryland and the Politics of Religion in the English Atlantic, 1630-1690
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015
Loyal Protestants and Dangerous Papists analyzes the vibrant and often violent political culture of seventeenth-century America, exploring the relationship between early American and early modern British politics through a detailed study of colonial Maryland. Seventeenth-century Maryland was repeatedly...
by Alexander Hamilton
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2018
The vital words of Alexander Hamilton, including essays, private correspondence, and public statements
Alexander Hamilton is best known as the United States’ first Secretary of the Treasury and the author of the majority of The Federalist Papers, a series of essays that outlined the basic...
The Formation & Evolution of the American Constitution
Debates of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, Constitutional Amendment Process & Actions by the U.S. Congress, Biographies of the Founding Fathers
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2018
This eBook edition of "The Formation & Evolution of the American Constitution" has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. James Madison introduced 12 amendments to the First Congress in 1789. Ten of these would go on to become what...
Cosmopolitan Patriots
Americans in Paris in the Age of Revolution
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2010
Adopting the unique perspectives of Americans in Paris--including Jefferson, Paine, and Gouverneur Morris--during the French Revolution, Ziesche challenges the conventional view of the American and French Revolutions as polar opposites, finding many points of similarity between the French and American nation-building projects.
by Bob Drury, Tom Clavin
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2018
The #1 New York Times bestselling authors of The Heart of Everything That Is return with one of the most inspiring—and underappreciated—chapters in American history: the story of the Continental Army’s six-month transformation in Valley Forge.
December 1777. It is 18 months after the...
The Ingenious Dr. Franklin
Selected Scientific Letters of Benjamin Franklin
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2011
An outstanding collection of Benjamin Franklin's scientific correspondence, The Ingenious Dr. Franklin has long been unavailable yet deserves a place beside his Autobiography as essential reading for everyone interested in history, wit, and invention. Portioned into three sections, "Practical...