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• The Words That Made Us

  America's Constitutional Conversation, 1760-1840

  Amar, Akhil Reed,

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  Constitutional scholar Akhil Reed Amar tells the story of America's constitutional conversation during its first 80 years--from the Constitution's birth in 1760 through the 1830s, when the last of America's early leaders died. Amar traces the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Thomas Paine and the Clarion Call for American Independence

  Unger, Harlow G., 1931-

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  Packed with action and intrigue, soldiers and spies, politics and perfidy, Unger's Thomas Paine is a much-needed new look at a defining figure.

• The Price of Greatness

  Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and the Creation of American Oligarchy

  Cost, Jay,

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  Chronicles the tumultuous relationship between Alexander Hamilton and James Madison and the origins of the wealthy yet highly unequal United States of America.

• American Tempest

  How the Boston Tea Party Sparked a Revolution

  Unger, Harlow G., 1931-

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  Describes the events of the Boston Tea Party on December 16, 1773, the turmoil it initiated in Boston and other cities, and the social, political, and economic consequences that eventually led to the Declaration of Independence and the birth of the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Hero of Two Worlds

  the Marquis De Lafayette in the Age of Revolution

  Duncan, Mike, 1980-

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  From the popular podcaster and New York Times bestselling author comes the story of the Marquis de Lafayette's lifelong quest to protect the principles of democracy, told through the lens of the three revolutions he participated in: the American…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Ghost Ship of Brooklyn

  An Untold Story of the Revolutionary War

  Watson, Robert P., 1962-

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  Drawing on hundreds of accounts culled from old newspapers, diaries and military reports, the author follows the lives and ordeals of the survivors of the HMS Jersey, the most infamous prison ship of the American Revolution, and its role in the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• American Dialogue

  the Founders and Us

  Ellis, Joseph J.,

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  Joseph Ellis uses the perspective of the present to shed light on the views of the Founding Fathers. Examining four of the most seminal historical figures through the prism of particular topics, he makes clear how their now centuries-old ideas…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• It Happened in the Revolutionary War

  Stories of Events and People That Shaped American History

  Bradley, Michael R. (Michael Raymond), 1940-

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  From the never-ending controversy over the Boston Massacre to the world's first working (sort of) submarine, It Happened in the Revolutionary War looks at intriguing people and episodes that shaped the course of the war.

• The People's War

  Original Voices of the American Revolution

  Rae, Noel (Noel Martin Douglas)

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  The story of one of the American Revolutionary War, told almost entirely in the words of the soldiers who fought it and the civilians who endured it.

• The Founding Fortunes

  How the Wealthy Paid for and Profited From America's Revolution

  Shachtman, Tom, 1942-

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  Historian Tom Shachtman offers an in-depth look at a time when money became as vital as guns in securing victory on the Revolutionary War's battlefields, and how some of America's wealthiest men risked their fortunes to aid the new country even as…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Heart of American Darkness

  Bewilderment and Horror on the Early Frontier

  Parkinson, Robert G.,

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  An acclaimed historian captures the true nature of imperialism in early America, demonstrating how the frontier shaped the nation.

• In the Hurricane's Eye

  the Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown

  Philbrick, Nathaniel,

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  Chronicling the final, fateful year of the Revolutionary War, Philbrick highlights Gen. George Washington's military mastery in understanding that he couldn't win the war without French naval power and shows how the Battle of the Chesapeake—fought…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

  Britain and the American Dream

  Moore, Peter, 1983-

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  Historian Moore offers a rich and immersive intellectual history of the American Revolution focused on its roots in Enlightenment era Britain.

• American Rebels

  How the Hancock, Adams, and Quincy Families Fanned the Flames of Revolution

  Sankovitch, Nina,

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  Explores the intertwined lives of the Hancock, Quincy, and Adams families, and the role each person played in sparking the American Revolution.

• The Indispensables

  the Diverse Soldier-mariners Who Shaped the Country, Formed the Navy, and Rowed Washington Across the Delaware

  O'Donnell, Patrick K., 1969-

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  Historian O'Donnell offers a comprehensive look at the "indispensable" role of the Marblehead Regiment in the Revolutionary War.

• Ladies of Liberty

  the Women Who Shaped Our Nation

  Roberts, Cokie

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  Shares the stories of remarkable women who shaped American history between 1796 and 1828, including Dolley Madison, Isabella Graham, and Sacajawea.