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Revolutionary Period (1775 1800) Books

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  1. Shots Heard Round the World

    1. Shots Heard Round the World

    Shots Heard Round the World: America, Britain, and Europe in the Revolutionary War
  2. The British Are Coming

    2. The British Are Coming

    The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777
  3. The Cause

    3. The Cause

    The Cause: The American Revolution and its Discontents, 1773-1783
  4. Killing England

    4. Killing England

    Killing England: The Brutal Struggle for American Independence
  5. The Great Contradiction

    5. The Great Contradiction

    The Great Contradiction: The Tragic Side of the American Founding
  6. The Greatest Sentence Ever Written

    6. The Greatest Sentence Ever Written

    A History pick for readers exploring The Greatest Sentence Ever Written.
  7. The Fate of the Day

    7. The Fate of the Day

    The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780
  8. War Without Mercy

    8. War Without Mercy

    War Without Mercy: Liberty or Death in the American Revolution
  9. The American Revolution

    9. The American Revolution

    The American Revolution: An Intimate History
  10. The First Conspiracy

    10. The First Conspiracy

    The First Conspiracy: The Secret Plot to Kill George Washington
  11. The Quartet

    11. The Quartet

    The Quartet: Orchestrating the Second American Revolution, 1783-1789
  12. The American Revolution and the Fate of the World

    12. The American Revolution and the Fate of the World

    A History pick for readers exploring The American Revolution and the Fate of the World.
  13. This Fierce People

    13. This Fierce People

    This Fierce People: The Untold Story of America's Revolutionary War in the South
  14. Founding Brothers

    14. Founding Brothers

    Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation (Pulitzer Prize Winner)
  15. American Revolutions

    15. American Revolutions

    American Revolutions: A Continental History, 1750-1804
  16. American Creation

    16. American Creation

    American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies in the Founding of the Republic
  17. To Rescue the Constitution

    17. To Rescue the Constitution

    To Rescue the Constitution: George Washington and the Fragile American Experiment
  18. 1776

    18. 1776

    A History pick for readers exploring 1776.
  19. In the Hurricane's Eye

    19. In the Hurricane's Eye

    In the Hurricane's Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown
  20. The Words That Made Us

    20. The Words That Made Us

    The Words That Made Us: America's Constitutional Conversation, 1760-1840
  21. The Ride

    21. The Ride

    The Ride: Paul Revere and the Night That Saved America
  22. The American Revolution

    22. The American Revolution

    The American Revolution: A History
  23. The Constitution of the United States and The Declaration of Independence

    23. The Constitution of the United States and The Declaration of Independence

    A History pick for readers exploring The Constitution of the United States and The Declaration of Independence.
  24. George Washington's Secret Six

    24. George Washington's Secret Six

    George Washington's Secret Six: The Spy Ring That Saved the American Revolution

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