American War of Independence books

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From Revolution to Reunion: The Reintegration of the South Carolina Loyalists

From Revolution to Reunion: The Reintegration of the...

Author: Rebecca Brannon
ISBN: 9781643365220
Format: Paperback
$79.17

Investigates the way in which South Carolinians, Patriot and Loyalist, managed to reconcile their bitter differences...  Read More >>

Invoking the Fathers: Dangerous Metaphors and Founding Myths in Congressional Politics

Invoking the Fathers: Dangerous Metaphors and Founding...

Author: Sarah Kornfield
ISBN: 9781421449739
Format: Hardback
$143.00

""Why do American political leaders regularly invoke the Founding Fathers, and what are the effects of their doing...  Read More >>

Revolutionary Camden: South Carolina's Bloody Epicenter in the War of Independence

Revolutionary Camden: South Carolina's Bloody Epicenter...

Author: Derek Smith
ISBN: 9781476696164
Format: Paperback
$105.47

""Camden seems to have an evil genius about it. Whatever is attempted near that place is unfortunate."" These words...  Read More >>

The Folly of Revolution: Thomas Bradbury Chandler and the Loyalist Mind in a Democratic Age

The Folly of Revolution: Thomas Bradbury Chandler and...

Author: S. Scott Rohrer (CQ Researcher)
ISBN: 9780271092201
Format: Paperback
$76.99

A biography of a leading loyalist named Thomas Bradbury Chandler (1726-1790), exploring his advocacy of monarchy...  Read More >>

Patriots in Exile: Charleston Rebels in St. Augustine during the American Revolution

Patriots in Exile: Charleston Rebels in St. Augustine...

Author: James Waring McCrady ,  C. L. Bragg
ISBN: 9781643365244
Format: Paperback
$79.17

In the months following the May 1780 capture of Charleston, South Carolina, by combined British and loyalist forces,...  Read More >>

Relieve Us of This Burthen: American Prisoners of War in the Revolutionary South, 1780-1782

Relieve Us of This Burthen: American Prisoners of War...

Author: Carl P. Borick
ISBN: 9781643365237
Format: Paperback
$65.97

The first book-length study of Continental soldiers, officers, and militiamen held as prisoners of war by the British...  Read More >>

Serpent in Eden: Foreign Meddling and Partisan Politics in James Madison's America

Serpent in Eden: Foreign Meddling and Partisan Politics...

Author: Tyson Reeder (Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor, Brigham Young University)
ISBN: 9780197628591
Format: Hardback
$61.95

A story of espionage, shadow diplomacy, foreign scheming, and domestic backstabbing in the formative years of the...  Read More >>

Patriot Presidents: From George Washington to John Quincy Adams

Patriot Presidents: From George Washington to John Quincy...

Author: William E. Leuchtenburg (William Rand Kenan Jr. Professor Emeritus of History, William Rand Kenan Jr. Professor Emeritus of History, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
ISBN: 9780197598856
Format: Hardback
$54.95

A nuanced account of the early leaders who shaped the American presidencyThe founding fathers of the United States...  Read More >>

Kosciuszko: The incredible life of the man behind the mountain

Kosciuszko: The incredible life of the man behind the...

Author: Anthony Sharwood
ISBN: 9780733650970
Format: Paperback
$34.99

Heroes are hard to come by - but there's one man whose legend has stood the test of two centuries, and whose name...  Read More >>

Germantown: A Military History of the Battle for Philadelphia, October 4, 1777

Germantown: A Military History of the Battle for Philadelphia,...

Author: Michael Harris
ISBN: 9781611216929
Format: Paperback
$75.00

Today, Germantown is a busy neighborhood in Philadelphia. On October 4, 1777, it was a small village on the outskirts...  Read More >>

Our Beloved Friend: The Life and Writings of Anne Emlen Mifflin

Our Beloved Friend: The Life and Writings of Anne Emlen...

Author: Gary B. Nash (UCLA) ,  Emily M. Teipe (Fullerton College)
ISBN: 9780271093895
Format: Paperback
$54.99

Born into one of the wealthiest families in Philadelphia and raised and educated in that vital center of eighteenth-century...  Read More >>

General David Wooster: Hero of the American Revolution, 1710-1777

General David Wooster: Hero of the American Revolution,...

Author: Jason Edwin Anderson
ISBN: 9781476695754
Format: Paperback
$71.50

David Wooster, Revolutionary War General, though woefully understudied, was one of the most influential figures...  Read More >>

I, Lafayette

I, Lafayette

Author: Carol Anne Dobson
ISBN: 9798990343009
Format: Paperback
$118.80

Lafayette's own words and those of his contemporaries help to create this narrative non-fiction in the form of an...  Read More >>

Sally Hemings: Given Her Time

Sally Hemings: Given Her Time

Author: Leigh Fought
ISBN: 9780813347738
Format: Paperback
$77.99

Sally Hemings: Given Her Time is an exciting, concise biography which tells the extraordinary tale of Sally Hemings,...  Read More >>

American Aurora: Environment and Apocalypse in the Life of Johannes Kelpius

American Aurora: Environment and Apocalypse in the Life...

Author: Timothy Grieve-Carlson (Assistant Professor of Religion, Assistant Professor of Religion, Westminster College)
ISBN: 9780197765579
Format: Paperback
$69.95

American Aurora explores the impact of climate change on early modern radical religious groups during the height...  Read More >>

Cultivated by Hand: Amateur Musicians in the Early American Republic

Cultivated by Hand: Amateur Musicians in the Early American...

Author: Glenda Goodman (Associate Professor of Music, Associate Professor of Music, University of Pennsylvania)
ISBN: 9780197776995
Format: Paperback
$61.95

Cultivated by Hand aligns the overlooked history of amateur musicians in the early years of the United States with...  Read More >>

The Compleat Victory: The Battle of Saratoga and the American Revolution

The Compleat Victory: The Battle of Saratoga and the...

Author: Kevin J. Weddle (Professor and Deputy Dean, Professor and Deputy Dean, U.S. Army War College)
ISBN: 9780197695166
Format: Paperback
$38.95

"Winner of the Gilder Lehrman Military History Prize, Winner of the Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award & Winner of...  Read More >>

Kidnapping the Enemy: The Special Operations to Capture Generals Charles Lee and Richard Prescott

Kidnapping the Enemy: The Special Operations to Capture...

Author: Christian M McBurney
ISBN: 9781594164385
Format: Paperback
$79.07

The Daring Raid to Kidnap a British General in Order to Gain Freedom for the Highest Ranking Continental Officer...  Read More >>

The Traitor's Homecoming: Benedict Arnold's Raid on New London, Connecticut, September 4-13, 1781

The Traitor's Homecoming: Benedict Arnold's Raid on...

Author: Matthew Reardon
ISBN: 9781611216981
Format: Hardback
$95.00

This title utilizes dozens of newly discovered British and American primary sources to weave together a balanced...  Read More >>

Southern Brigadier Generals in the Revolutionary War: Eighteen Commanders Instrumental in American Victory

Southern Brigadier Generals in the Revolutionary War:...

Author: Douglas M. Branson
ISBN: 9781476692920
Format: Paperback
$84.70

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Sally Hemings: Given Her Time

Sally Hemings: Given Her Time

Author: Leigh Fought
ISBN: 9780367436155
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Sally Hemings: Given Her Time is an exciting, concise biography which tells the extraordinary tale of Sally Hemings,...  Read More >>

The Friendships of John Adams, 1774-1801: The Art of Politics

The Friendships of John Adams, 1774-1801: The Art of...

Author: Jamie Macpherson
ISBN: 9781032329451
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book presents the first extended analysis of the friendship network of John Adams, forged during his lengthy...  Read More >>

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