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1	1776 more books like this by David McCullough (Read by) add to wishlist David McCullough is known for his scholarly yet readable accounts of historical events and people's lives. Fans of his biography of John Adams will find the same narrative skill in 1776, his history of the first year of the America's war for independence from Britain. General Washington is at the center of this history, but important too are the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.44! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	If You Sailed on the Mayflower in 1620 more books like this by Ann McGovern add to wishlist Questions and answers describe the voyage of the Mayflower and the Pilgrim's first year in the New World. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.19! \| SVS
3	Anti-Federalist Papers and the Constitutional Convention Debates more books like this by Ralph Ketcham (Editor) add to wishlist The complete text of dissenting opinions of those who saw the Constitution as a threat are collected in this volume with Convention debates, commentaries, and lists that cross-reference to its companion Signet Classics volume "The Federalist Papers." see all copies from $3.96! new only from $4.00! \| SVS
4	The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789 more books like this by Robert Middlekauff add to wishlist The first book to appear in the illustrious Oxford History of the United States, this critically acclaimed volume - a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize - offers an unsurpassed history of the Revolutionary War and the birth of the American republic. Beginning with the French and Indian War and continuing to the election of George Washington as first ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.98! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Paul Revere's Ride more books like this by David Hackett Fischer add to wishlist 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. see all copies from $4.74! new only from $10.01! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Autobiography and Other Writings more books like this by Benjamin Franklin add to wishlist Benjamin Franklin's writings represent a long career of literary, scientific, and political efforts over a lifetime which extended nearly the entire eighteenth century. Franklin's achievements range from inventing the lightning rod to publishing Poor Richard's Almanack to signing the Declaration of Independence. In his own lifetime he knew ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
7	Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin more books like this by Benjamin Franklin add to wishlist Translated into a dozen languages, printed in hundreds of editions, and read by millions of people, Franklin's autobiography has had an influence perhaps unequalled by any other book by an American writer. Written ostensibly as a letter to his son William, the autobiography offers Franklin's reflections on philosophy and religion, politics, war, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Radicalism of the American Revolution more books like this by Gordon Wood add to wishlist In a grand and immemsely readable synthesis of historical, political, cultural, and economic analysis, a prize-winning historian depicts much more than a break with England. He gives readers a revolution that transformed an almost feudal society into a democratic one, whose emerging realities sometimes baffled and disappointed its founding fathers. see all copies from $3.19! new only from $10.75! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Rough Crossings: Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution more books like this by Simon Schama add to wishlist Tens of thousands of blacks in America at the start of the Revolutionary War escaped from farms, plantations, and cities to reach the British who offered the promise of emancipation in return for military service. Schama follows their odyssey through the war and into inhospitable Nova Scotia where thousands were betrayed. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Common sense more books like this by Thomas Paine add to wishlist Thomas Paine's classic treatise on government in general, and on life under English rule, was first published in January, 1776, and is one of the primary texts of the revolutionary period. In it, Paine argues for the need for independence from England. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	The American Revolution: A History more books like this by Gordon S Wood add to wishlist Wood makes new the story of how and why the American colonies grew apart from and broke with their mother country, establishing a fundamentally new experiment in government. Writing with elegance and authority, he awakens readers to the drama and contingency of those long-ago events and teases out the process of mutation that led to the formation ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $2.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	The Federalist Papers more books like this by Alexander Hamilton add to wishlist The essays by Hamilton and Madison that are known collectively as the Federalist Papers comprise one of the most-studied and most-revered texts in American political writing. Written as essays in favor of the ratification of the Constitution, they provide a living guide that broadens the statements in the Constitution, and they initiate many of ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	The Birth of the Republic, 1763-89 more books like this by Professor Edmund S Morgan add to wishlist In one remarkable quarter-century, thirteen quarrelsome colonies were transformed into a nation. Edmund S. Morgan's classic account of the Revolutionary period shows how the challenge of British taxation started the Americans on a search for constitutional principles to protect their freedom and eventually led to the Revolution. Morgan ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.88! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Signing Their Lives Away: The Fame and Misfortune of the Men Who Signed the Declaration of Independence more books like this by Denise Kiernan, Joseph D'Agnese add to wishlist 'We must all hang together, gentleman, or else we shall most assuredly hang separately' - Benjamin Franklin, at the signing of the Declaration of Independence. In July 1776, fifty-six men risked their lives and livelihood to defy the British and sign the most important document in the history of the United States - And yet how many of them do we ... see all copies from $24.75! new only from $24.75!
15 view cover	Almost a Miracle: The American Victory in the War of Independence more books like this by John E Ferling add to wishlist In this gripping chronicle of America's struggle for independence, award-winning historian John Ferling transports readers to the grim realities of that war, capturing an eight-year conflict filled with heroism, suffering, cowardice, betrayal, and fierce dedication. As Ferling demonstrates, it was a war that America came much closer to losing than ... see all copies from $5.85! new only from $12.54! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for America's Independence more books like this by Carol Berkin add to wishlist America's women played a vital role throughout the Revolutionary War, and Berkin's superb study takes readers into the ordinary moments of their extraordinary lives. High school & older. see all copies from $4.61! new only from $8.46! \| SVS
17 view cover	If You Lived at the Time of the American Revolution more books like this by Kay Moore, Daniel O'Leary (Illustrator) add to wishlist In a lively question-and-answer format, this book reveals what life was like--especially for children--during the Revolutionary War. By the author of "If You Lived at the Time of the Civil War". Full color. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.15! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	John Paul Jones: Sailor, Hero, Father of the American Navy more books like this by Evan Thomas add to wishlist Noted biographer of R.F.K., Thomas here turns toward the sea to chronicle the life and times of the legendary seafarer, from his birth in the lowlands of Scotland to his death in Paris. JOHN PAUL JONES, like ROBERT KENNEDY, A LIFE, transports readers into that age, fleshing out the historical and cultural context that made Jones an iconic figure. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Witch-Hunt: Mysteries of the Salem Witch Trials more books like this by Marc Aronson add to wishlist Written for older children and teenagers, this is a comprehensive look at the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.71! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Patriots more books like this by A J Langguth add to wishlist George Washington. John Adams. Samuel Adams. Ben Franklin. Thomas Jefferson. Patrick Henry. They were the heroes, revolutionaries who risked everything. In this scrupulously researched narrative history, Langguth brings them alive with vivid portraiture and actual dialogue from their letters and speeches. Illustrated. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Notes on the State of Virginia. more books like this by Thomas Jefferson add to wishlist Along with his accounts of such factual matters as North American flora and fauna, Thomas Jefferson expounds his views on slavery, education, religious freedom, representative government and the separation of church and the state in this classic - the only full-length book he ever wrote. see all copies from $2.64! new only from $6.95! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Mayflower 1620: A New Look at a Pilgrim Voyage more books like this by Plimoth Plantation, Sisse Brimberg (Photographer), Cotton Coulson (Photographer) add to wishlist Plimoth Plantation and National Geographic now tell the true story behind the voyage of the "Mayflower," offering kids a compelling account that is quite different from the story that's traditionally told. Features vibrant photos of historical reenactments. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.13! \| SVS
23 view cover	A Brilliant Solution: Inventing the American Constitution more books like this by Carol Berkin add to wishlist A study of the historical context, major players, and key issues and arguments that led to the adoption of the Constitution of the United States of America. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.36! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Washington's Crossing more books like this by David Hackett Fischer add to wishlist Six months after Independence, the American Revolution was all but lost. A powerful British force had routed the Americans at New York, occupied three colonies, and advanced within sight of Philadelphia. George Washington lost 90 percent of his army, and was driven across the Delaware River. Panic and despair spread through the states. As the ... see all copies from $3.99! new only from $12.97! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution: Enlarged Edition more books like this by Bernard Bailyn add to wishlist In this 25th anniversary edition, Bailyn has added a substantial essay, "Fulfillment", as a Postscript to the original text. In it he discusses the intense, nation-wide debate on the ratification of the constitution, stressing the continuities between that struggle over the foundations of the national government and the original principles of the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $18.80! \| SVS

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