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Obstinate Daughters: The Rebels, Writers, and Renegade Women Who Ignited the American Revolution
Kingdom of Devils: A Tale of Murder in the Shadow of the American Revolution
Radical Duke: How One Aristocrat―and the American Revolution―Transformed Britain
Revolution: The Birth of the Greatest Nation in the History of the World
A Founding Mother: A Novel of Abigail Adams
Three Queens
Freedom Round the Globe: A World History of the American Revolution
American Patriarch: The Life of George Washington
A Perfect Coincidence: The Extraordinary Friendship and Astonishing Deaths of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson

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American Sphinx by Joseph J. EllisThomas Jefferson by Jon MeachamThomas Jefferson & Sally Hemings by Annette Gordon-ReedThe Hemingses of Monticello by Annette Gordon-ReedThomas Jefferson by Christopher Hitchens
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90 books — 38 voters
The 231 Club by J. BartellThe Spy and the Traitor by Ben MacintyreA Spy Among Friends by Ben MacintyreAgent Zigzag by Ben MacintyreThe Ghost by Jefferson Morley
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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownEmpire of the Summer Moon by S.C. GwynneKillers of the Flower Moon by David GrannThe Heart of Everything That Is by Bob DruryThe Earth Is Weeping by Peter Cozzens
"The American Indian Wars" (nonfiction)
171 books — 17 voters
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The American Revolution in YA & Middle Grade Fiction
159 books — 51 voters

The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques RousseauAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam SmithCandide and Philosophical Letters by VoltaireCritique of Pure Reason by Immanuel KantThe Enlightenment, Volume 1 by Peter Gay
The Enlightenment and its Impact
289 books — 100 voters
John Adams by David McCulloughAlexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow1776 by David McCulloughThe Ideological Origins of the American Revolution by Bernard BailynThe Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton
Books on the American Founding (nonfiction)
142 books — 77 voters

American Revolution Books

1776
John Adams
Alexander Hamilton
Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation
Washington: A Life
Bunker Hill: A City, a Siege, a Revolution
The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777
Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution (The American Revolution Series)
Washington's Crossing
The Radicalism of the American Revolution
Paul Revere's Ride
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution
The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789 (Oxford History of the United States)
In the Hurricane's Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown
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Thomas Paine
“ These are the times that try men's souls. ...more ”
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Christopher Hitchens
“ Without Thomas Jefferson and his Declaration of Independence, there would have been no American revolution that announced universal principles of liberty. Without his participation by the side of the unforgettable Marquis de Lafayette, there would have been no French proclamation of The Rights of Man. Without his brilliant negotiation of the Louisiana treaty, there would be no United States of America. Without Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, there would have been no Virginia Statute on Relig ...more ”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Q&A with Travis Bowman Not long ago, I discovered that I am a direct descendant of a famous American Revolutionary sold…more
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Daughters of the American Revolution, Beverly Hills Chapter This page is a resource for our chapter and American history enthusiasts.
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