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1) 1776

Author

McCullough, David

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, Large Print

Description

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America's beloved and distinguished historian presents, in a book of breathtaking excitement, drama, and narrative force, the stirring story of the year of our nation's birth, 1776, interweaving, on both sides of the Atlantic, the actions and decisions that led Great Britain to undertake a war against her rebellious colonial subjects and that placed America's survival in the hands of George Washington.
In this masterful book, David McCullough...

2) Liberty!: the American Revolution

Author

Fleming, Thomas J

Pub. Date

1997.

Language

English

3) Founding mothers: the women who raised our nation

Author

Roberts, Cokie

Language

English

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Women's History
Women's History Month

Formats

Book, Large Print

Description

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News correspondent Cokie Roberts reveals the everyday trials and extraordinary triumphs of individuals such as Abigail Adams, Mercy Otis Warren, Deborah Read Franklin, Eliza Pinckney, Catherine Littlefield Green, Esther DeBerdt Reed, and Martha Washington.

4) Secrets of the American Revolution

Author

Omoth, Tyler

Series

Edge books. Top secret files

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, eBook

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"The American Revolution was a war that allowed the birth of a new country. Secrets of the American Revolution reveals little-known stories of the people, weapons, and battles that have affected the maps on our walls and the allegiances in our hearts."--

5) Liberty is sweet: the hidden history of the American Revolution

Author

Holton, Woody

Pub. Date

2021.

Language

English

Description

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"A ... scholar's history of the American Revolution, from its origins to its aftermath, which emphasizes the contributions of groups usually omitted in this story: Native Americans, African Americans, and women"--

6) The American Revolution: writings from the War of Independence

Series

Library of America volume 123

Pub. Date

[2001]

Language

English

7) Washington's spies: the story of America's first spy ring

Author

Rose, Alexander

Pub. Date

[2006]

Language

English

8) The founding mothers of the United States

Author

Castrovilla, Selene

Series

True Book Women's History in the U.S

Language

English

Appears on list

Women's History - Tweens

Formats

Book, eBook

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"Introduces the reader to the founding mothers of the United States"--

9) The real history of the American Revolution: a new look at the past

Author

Axelrod, Alan

Pub. Date

[2007]

Language

English

10) The revolutionary John Adams

Author

Harness, Cheryl

Pub. Date

[2003]

Language

English

Formats

Book, eBook

Description

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A biography of John Adams with emphasis on his role in the American Revolution.

11) Sophia's war: a tale of the Revolution

Author

Avi

Pub. Date

[2012]

Language

English

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5th Grade Rocks
Family Road Trip

Description

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In 1776, after witnessing the execution of Nathan Hale in New York City, newly occupied by the British army, young Sophia Calderwood resolves to do all she can to help the American cause, including becoming a spy.

12) A people's history of the American Revolution: how common people shaped the fight for independence

Author

Raphael, Ray

Series

New Press people's history

Pub. Date

2001.

Language

English

13) True stories of the Revolutionary War

Author

Raum, Elizabeth

Series

Stories of War

Language

English

Formats

eComic, Graphic Novels & Manga

Description

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"In graphic novel format, tells the stories of six men and women who fought for their beliefs during the Revolutionary War"--Provided by publisher.

14) The American Revolution, 1776

Author

Tarshis, Lauren

Series

I survived volume 15

Language

English

Formats

Book, eAudiobook, eBook, Kindle, Playaway

Description

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The battlefield was soaked in blood. Screams of injured soldiers rang through the air. Eleven-year-old Nathaniel Knox knelt behind a rock, his gun clutched in his shaking hands. Nate had been heading to New York City to find his father. But now he was trapped in a terrible gunfight between American and British troops. -- But King George was like a snake with America gripped in his fangs - and he didn't want to let go. So now it was war - brutal, bloody...

15) Records of the Revolutionary War

Author

Saffell, W. T. R

Pub. Date

1969.

Language

English

16) Soldier of the American Revolution

Author

Hambucken, Denis

Pub. Date

[2011]

Language

English

Description

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Offers a glimpse of the day-to-day conditions of an average soldier through photographs of artifacts and exacting, historically accurate reproductions of soldiers' clothing, supplies, and equipment.