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1	Glenn Beck's Common Sense: The Case Against an Out-Of-Control Government, Inspired by Thomas Paine more books like this by Glenn Beck (Read by) add to wishlist "If you believe it's time to put principles above parties, character above campaign promises, and "Common Sense" above all -- then I ask you to read this book...." In any era, great Americans inspire us to reach our full potential. They know with conviction what they believe within themselves. They understand that all actions have consequences. ... see all copies from $3.74! new only from $5.97! \| SVS
2	John Adams more books like this by David McCullough add to wishlist His first book since Truman, from one of America's most distinguished and popular biographers. Destined for the same kind of sweeping success as his Pulitzer Prize-winning Truman, John Adams is a powerful, deeply moving biography that reads like an epic historical novel. Breathing fresh life into American history, it takes as its subject the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.88! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin more books like this by H W Brands add to wishlist This biography of Ben Franklin sees him as both a representative of the new man--the American--and an agent of historical change, whose participation was central to the debates that shaped the new nation. This book was a finalist for the 2001 Pulitzer Prize. see all copies from $2.13! new only from $10.48! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	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 $8.31! new only from $12.91! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Samuel Adams: A Life more books like this by Ira Stoll add to wishlist Described in Thomas Jefferson's words as truly the Man of the Revolution, Samuel Adams is now paid his full due in this rousing biography that reveals him as the founding father overlooked by history. see all copies from $4.25! new only from $4.25! \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Portable Thomas Jefferson more books like this by Thomas Jefferson, Merrill D Peterson (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $3.70! new only from $7.95! \| SVS
7	American Scripture: Making the Declaration of Independence more books like this by Pauline Maier add to wishlist Pauline Maier, one of our foremost scholars of the Revolutionary period, has written what may be be the most significant work on the creation of the Declaration of Independence and its historical destiny since Carl Becker's eponymous study published 75 years ago. She begins by tracing the complex history of the composition of the document in its ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.13! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	We the People: The Story of Our Constitution more books like this by Lynne Cheney, Greg Harlin (Illustrator) add to wishlist America had won the Revolution, but the nation's troubles were far from over. In May 1787, delegates from across the country--including George Washington, James Madison, and Benjamin Franklin--gathered in Philadelphia to create a new framework for governing: the Constitution of the United States. see all copies from $6.77! new only from $6.78! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	American Aurora: A Democratic-Republican Returns: The Suppressed History of Our Nation's Beginnings and the Heroic Newspaper That Tried to Report It more books like this by Richard Rosenfeld, Professor Edmund S Morgan (Introduction by) add to wishlist The absorbing chronicle of America's first oppositionist newspaper from 1790 through 1800, "American Aurora" "tells the story of the first government assault on free speech, immigrant communities, religious minorities, and the political left" ("The Nation"). see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.99! \| first editions
10	Samuel Adams: Father of the American Revolution more books like this by Mark Puls add to wishlist Samuel Adams is perhaps the most unheralded and overshadowed of the founding fathers, yet without him there would have been no American Revolution. see all copies from $4.30! new only from $7.03! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	A Son of Thunder: Patrick Henry and the American Republic more books like this by Henry Mayer add to wishlist Patrick Henry was a brilliant orator whose devotion to the pursuit of liberty fueled the fire of the American Revolution. As a lawyer and a member of the Virginia House of Burgess, Henry spoke eloquently of the inalienable rights all men are born with. His philosophy inspired the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and, most ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.48! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	The Real History of the American Revolution: A New Look at the Past more books like this by Alan Axelrod, PH.D. add to wishlist This is an eye-opening book that offers a fascinating examination of what really caused the American Revolution. It digs beneath the classically taught history to explore everything including little-known facts. It offers an excellent introduction to the revolution for general readers. Ask most Americans why their forefathers started the ... see all copies from $4.66! new only from $9.98! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	John Witherspoon and the Founding of the American Republic more books like this by Jeffry H Morrison add to wishlist Jeffry H. Morrison offers readers the first comprehensive look at the political thought and career of John Witherspoon - a Scottish Presbyterian minister and one of America's most influential and overlooked founding fathers. Witherspoon was an active member of the Continental Congress and was the only clergyman both to sign the Declaration of ... see all copies from $16.84! new only from $20.46! \| SVS
14 view cover	The Founding Fathers Reconsidered more books like this by R B Bernstein add to wishlist Here is a concise, scholarly, yet accessible overview of the brilliant, flawed, and quarrelsome group of lawyers, politicians, merchants, military men, and clergy known as "the Founding Fathers"--who got as close to the ideal of the Platonic "philosopher-kings" as American or world history has ever seen. In The Founding Fathers Reconsidered, R. B. ... see all copies from $9.27! new only from $10.96! \| SVS
15 view cover	Benjamin Rush: Patriot and Physician more books like this by Alyn Brodsky add to wishlist The only full biography of Benjamin Rush, an extraordinary Founding Father and America's leading physician of the Colonial era While Benjamin Rush appears often and meaningfully in biographies about John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin, this legendary man is presented as little more than a historical footnote. Yet, he was a ... see all copies from $19.60! new only from $26.19! \| first editions
16	The Peacemakers: The Great Powers and American Independence more books like this by Richard B. Morris add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Politically Incorrect Guide to the Founding Fathers more books like this by Brion McClanahan add to wishlist Timed to launch before the July 4th holiday, this title in the Politically Incorrect Guide series rescues the Founding Fathers' reputations from the plague of modern political correctness to hold them up for what they truly are: the pillars of American society. see all copies from $13.01! new only from $13.01! \| SVS
18 view cover	Revolutionary America, 1763-1815: A Political History more books like this by Francis D Cogliano add to wishlist This publication explains the crucial events in the history of the United States between 1763 and 1815, when settlers in North America rebelled against British authority, won their independence in a long and bloody stuggle and created an enduring republic. It considers: the deterioration of the relationship between Britain and the American ... see all copies from $4.50! new only from $43.61! \| SVS
19 view cover	The Journey of the One and Only Declaration of Independence more books like this by Judith St George, Will Hillenbrand (Illustrator) add to wishlist St. George, the author of "So You Want to Be President?," and Hillenbrand give readers a witty and wonderfully illustrated true story of the invincible Declaration of Independence, giving heroic testimony to the grit and determination of the country itself. Full color. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
20 view cover	The American Revolution: Nationhood Achieved, 1763-1788 more books like this by Harry M Ward add to wishlist This is an overview of the entire Revolutionary War period in American history from the inception of the revolutionary movement to the conclusion of peace. The book synthesizes scholarship on the period from 1763 to 1788, discussing military, political, social, cultural, and diplomatic history in relation to this important era in American history. ... see all copies from $4.04!
21 view cover	Revolutionary America, 1763-1815: A Political History more books like this by Cogliano Franci, Francis D Cogliano add to wishlist "Revolutionary America" explains the crucial events in the history of the United States between 1763 and 1815, when settlers of North America rebelled against British rule, won their independence in a long and bloody struggle, and created an enduring republic. Now in its second edition, "Revolutionary America" has been completely revised, updating ... see all copies from $29.95! new only from $29.95! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	John Adams more books like this by Anne Husted Burleigh add to wishlist The rare man who can sift the unchanging out of a constantly changing world is a man for the ages. John Adams, philosopher of the Revolution and early America, and participant in many of the major events of that period, strove to find universal patterns in the lives of all men. His life and ideas are as pertinent to our time as they were to his ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $24.00! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Revolution in America: Britain and the Colonies 1763-1776 more books like this by Peter David Garner Thomas add to wishlist see all copies from $4.13! new only from $9.96!
24 view cover	Declaration of Independence more books like this by R Conrad Stein add to wishlist The "Cornerstones of Freedom" detail important events in United States history. Children are given the sense of being witnesses to history-in-the-making and contemporaries of famous people who helped shape the United States into the world power it is today. Starting with the Spring 1992 titles, a brand-new format has been introduced using more ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	The Declaration of Independence more books like this by Dennis Brindell Fradin add to wishlist Examines the political situation in America at the time of the troubles between England and her colonies there and describes how the Declaration of Independence was written and accepted. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.50! \| SVS

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