Revolutionary Period

The loss of America in 1781 has traditionally been blamed on incompetent British military commanders and political leaders whose arrogant confidence and out-dated tactics were no match for the innovative and determined Americans. But this is far from the...

"Quick in the saddle and fast out of town." Watch one of America's most remarkable heroes come alive through fast-paced prose and gripping storytelling. He's Famous for his Ride. He's Essential for So Much More.The story of Paul Revere is the story of...

Among the most enduring themes in American history is the idea that the United States was founded as a Christian nation. A pervasive narrative in everything from school textbooks to political commentary, it is central to the way in which many Americans...

The American revolution was the longest colonial war in modern British history and Britain's most humiliating defeat as an Imperial power. This book examines the British public's predominantly loyal reponse to its government's actions in America. The...

The United States is in the grip of a crisis of bad history. Distortions of the past promoted in the conservative media have led large numbers of Americans to believe in fictions over facts, making constructive dialogue impossible and imperilling our...

This widely acclaimed and meticulously researched book is the first serious study of Paul Revere's famous ride. Fischer's exciting narrative offers new insight into the coming of the American Revolution.About the AuthorDavid Hackett Fischer is Warren...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812970418Author Gordon S. WoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Modern Library IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 159gDimensions(mm)...

A new history that centers Judaism at the dawn of the United States Jews played a critical role both in winning the American Revolution--fighting for the Patriot cause from Bunker Hill to Yorktown--and in defining the republic that was created from it...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780788407444Author Thomas SullivanFormat PaperbackPage Count 254Imprint Heritage BooksPublisher Heritage BooksWeight(grams) 299gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm...

In her investigation of the social history of the common British soldier in the era of the American Revolution, Sylvia Frey has extensively surveyed recruiting records, contemporary training manuals, statutes, and memoirs in an attempt to provide...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of The National Review Best Book 2006.Book InformationISBN 9780553383294Author Alexander RoseFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Bantam Dell Publishing Group, Div...

A turning point in the War of Independence, the campaign for Philadelphia, set in motion a series of events leading to the defeat of the British and eventual independence for the emerging American nation. From the landing of General William Howe's army...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143110194Author Nathaniel PhilbrickFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Penguin USAPublisher Penguin Putnam Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781627790437Author Rick AtkinsonFormat HardbackPage Count 800Imprint Henry Holt & CompanyPublisher Henry Holt & CompanyWeight(grams) 1202gDimensions(mm)...

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In this beautifully written history of America's formative period, an eminent historian upends the traditional story of a young nation marching to its continent-spanning destiny. The newly constituted United States actually emerged as an internally...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692687918Author Jeffrey a TuckerFormat PaperbackPage Count 154Imprint Griffin & LashPublisher Griffin & LashWeight(grams) 213gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Now in its 4th edition, Revolutionary America explains the crucial events in the history of the United States between 1763 and 1815, when settlers in North America rebelled against British rule, won their independence in a long and bloody struggle, and...

In retelling the story of the radical Alexander Hamilton, Parenti rewrites the history of early America and the global economy. For much of the twentieth century, Hamilton-sometimes seen as the bad boy of the founding fathers or portrayed as the patron...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780805030075Author Professor John Mack FaragherFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Holt McDougalPublisher Holt McDougalWeight(grams) 499gDimensions(mm)...

New York Times bestselling author Eric Weiner follows in the footsteps of Benjamin Franklin, mining his life for inspiring and practical lessons in a book that’s part biography, part travelogue, part personal prescription.Ben Franklin lingers in our...

Irish Immigrants in the Land of Canaan is a monumental and pathbreaking study of early Irish Protestant and Catholic migration to America. Through exhaustive research and sensitive analyses of the letters, memoirs, and other writings, the authors...

The relationship between Thomas Jefferson and William Short, the eldest son of an established Virginia family and relative of Martha Jefferson, began as a patron-protege arrangement conventional for the era. Jefferson encouraged Short's legal career and...

A startling and eye-opening look into America's First Family, Never Caught is the powerful story about a daring woman of "extraordinary grit" (The Philadelphia Inquirer). When George Washington was elected president, he reluctantly left behind his...

The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution, awarded both the Pulitzer and the Bancroft prizes, has become a classic of American historical literature. Hailed at its first appearance as "the most brilliant study of the meaning of the Revolution to...

Is our Greek and Roman heritage merely allusive and illusory? Or were our founders, and so our republican beginnings, truly steeped in the stuff of antiquity? So far largely a matter of generalization and speculation, the influence of Greek and Roman...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for National Book Awards 2013. Nominated for Plutarch Award 2014.Book InformationISBN 9780307948830Author Jill LeporeFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780156028721Author Carol BerkinFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Mariner Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781608195435Author John FerlingFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Bloomsbury PressPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing PlcWeight(grams) 624g

Pursued by British forces, Washington and his remaining 5,000 men resolved on a risky strike against the British and Hessian positions across the Delaware River. Crossing the river, Washington took the Trenton garrison for the loss of only four men,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312339050Author Thomas DesjardinFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint St. Martins Press-3plPublisher St. Martins Press-3plWeight(grams) 340g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781932307023Author Billy KennedyFormat PaperbackImprint Ambassador InternationalPublisher Ambassador InternationalWeight(grams) 227gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780804137300Author Holger HoockFormat PaperbackPage Count 576Imprint Bantam Books IncPublisher Random House USA Inc

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781594163661Author Robert DunkerlyFormat HardbackPage Count 184Imprint Westholme PublishingPublisher Westholme PublishingWeight(grams) 404gDimensions(mm)...

"When Harry Met Sally" is only the most iconic of popular American movies, books, and articles that pose the question of whether friendships between men and women are possible. In Founding Friendships, Cassandra A. Good shows that this question...

The battle of the Wabash, or St Clair's Defeat, was the greatest ever victory of American Indians over US Army forces. In 1791, Revolutionary War commander Arthur St Clair led a hastily recruited American army into Ohio in an attempt to wrest control of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of George Washington Book Prize 2021.Book InformationISBN 9780804172462Author Mary Beth NortonFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Crown Publishing Group, Division...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375707612Author Jon KuklaFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 465gDimensions(mm) 202mm *...

In this compelling biography, award-winning author Harlow Giles Unger reveals the epic story of James Monroe (1758-1831),the last of America's Founding Fathers,who transformed a small, fragile nation beset by enemies into a powerful empire stretching ...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781668002476Author Jeffrey RosenFormat HardbackPage Count 368Imprint Simon & SchusterPublisher Simon & SchusterWeight(grams) 499gDimensions(mm) 208mm *...