This is a list of the American Revolution books we own or have come across in our travels. We are continually adding to this page. If you’d like us to add a book, please e-mail us at warthroughgenerations AT gmail DOT com. Thanks! (**We are constantly adding to this page**)
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Affairs of Honor: National Politics in the New Republic by Joanne Freeman
Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
Alexander Hamilton: Writings edited by Joanne Freeman
All the Brave Fellows by James L. Nelson
American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic by Joseph J. Ellis
American Insurgents, American Patriots: The Revolution of the People by T.H. Breen
American Revolution (DK Eyewitness Books) by Stuart Murray
The American Revolution by Bruce Bliven Jr.
The American Revolution: A Concise History by Robert J. Allison
The American Revolution: A History by Gordon S. Wood
The American Revolution for Kids: A History With 21 Activities by Janis Herbert
American Scripture: Making the Declaration of Independence by Pauline Maier
American Sphynx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson by Joseph J. Ellis
American Tempest: How the Boston Tea Party Sparked a Revolution by Harlow Giles Unger
Angel’s Flight by Juliet Waldron
Angry Mobs and Founding Fathers: The Fight for Control of the American Revolution by Michael E. Newton
April Morning by Howard Fast
Ariel Bradley: Spy for General Washington by Lynda Durrant
Arundel by Kenneth Roberts
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The Bastard by John Jakes
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson
Beside Two Rivers by Rita Gerlach
Beyond The Valley, The Daughters of the Potomac by Rita Gerlach
Black Heroes of the American Revolution by Burke Davis
The Blacksmith’s Daughter by Suzanne Adair
Bloody Mohawk: The French and Indian War & American Revolution on New York’s Frontier by Richard Berleth
Blood of Tyrants: George Washington and the Forging of the Presidency by Logan Beirne
Bound by Sally Gunning
A Breath of Snow and Ashes (Outlander #6) by Diana Gabaldon
British Soldiers, American War: Voices of the American Revolution by Don N. Hagist
Bunker Hill: A City, A Siege, A Revolution by Nathaniel Philbrick
By Force of Arms by James L. Nelson
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Camp Follower by Suzanne Adair
Cast Two Shadows: The American Revolution in the South by Ann Rinaldi
A Catch of Consequence by Diana Norman
Celia Garth by Gwen Bristow
Chains by Laurie Halse Anderson
Common Sense by Thomas Paine
The Continental Risque by James L. Nelson
The Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787 by Gordon S. Wood
The Crossing: How George Washington Saved the American Revolution by Jim Murphy
Crucible of War by J.M. Hochstetler
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Daughter of Liberty by J. M. Hochstetler
The Declaration of Independence & The Constitution of the United States
Defiance of the Patriots: The Boston Tea Party and the Making of America by Benjamin L. Carp
A Demand of Blood: The Cherokee War of 1776 by Nadia Dean
A Devil of a Whipping: The Battle of Cowpens by Lawrence E. Babits
Divided Loyalties: How the American Revolution Came to New York by Richard M. Ketchum
Doctor Joseph Warren: The Boston Tea Party, Bunker Hill, and the Birth of American Liberty by Samuel A. Forman
The Dreamer: The Consequence of Nathan Hale by Lora Innes
The Dreamer: Volume 2 by Lora Innes
Drums Along the Mohawk by Walter D. Edmonds
Drums at Saratoga by Lisa Banim
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An Echo in the Bone (Outlander #7) by Diana Gabaldon
The Everything American Revolution Book by Daniel P. Murphy
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Faces of Revolution: Personalities and Themes in the Struggle for American Independence by Bernard Bailyn
Fearless Martha: A Daughter of the American Revolution by Sheila Ingle
The Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay
The Fiery Cross (Outlander #5) by Diana Gabaldon
The Fifth of March: A Story of the Boston Massacre by Ann Rinaldi
Fight for Freedom: The American Revolutionary War by Benson Bobrick
The Fighting Ground by Avi
Finishing Becca: A Story About Peggy Shippen and Benedict Arnold by Ann Rinaldi
The Fires of Freedom by Sally Laity and Dianna Crawford
The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin by H.W. Brands
The First Salute: A View of the American Revolution by Barbara W. Tuchman
Five Smooth Stones: Hopes Revolutionary War Diary (My America) by Kristiana Gregory
Forge by Laurie Halse Anderson
Forgotten Patriots: The Untold Story of American Prisoners During the Revolutionary War by Edwin G. Burrows
The Fort by Bernard Cornwell
Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation by Joseph J. Ellis
Founding Mothers: The Women Who Raised Our Nation by Cokie Roberts
Friends of Liberty by Bernice Gormley
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The Gathering Dawn by Sally Laity and Dianna Crawford
George vs. George: The American Revolution as Seen From Both Sides by Rosalyn Schanzer
George Washington’s Enforcers: Policing the Continental Army by Harry M. Ward
George Washington’s Secret Navy: How the American Revolution Went to Sea by James L. Nelson
The Glorious Cause by Jeff Shaara
The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789 by Robert Middlekauff
Guns for General Washington by Seymour Reit
The Guns of Independence: The Siege of Yorktown, 1781 by Jerome A. Greene
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Henry Knox and the Revolutionary War Trail in Western Massachusetts by Bernard A. Drew
Heroes of the American Revolution by David Brownell
His Excellency: George Washington by Joseph J. Ellis
Hope’s Crossing by Joan Elizabeth Goodman
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The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution by Bernard Bailyn
If You Lived at the Time of the American Revolution by Kay Moore, illustrated by Daniel O’Leary
Independent Dames: What You Never Knew About the Women and Girls of the American Revolution by Laurie Halse Anderson, illustrated by Matt Faulkner
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Jack Absolute by C.C. Humphreys
The Jeffersonian Transformation: Passages From The ‘History’ by Henry Adams
John Adams by David McCullough
Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
John, Paul, George & Ben by Lane Smith
Just Jane: A Daughter of England Caught in the Struggle of the American Revolution by William Lavender
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The Kindled Flame by Sally Laity and Dianna Crawford
The Kingdom on the Waves (The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation: Volume II) by M.T. Anderson
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Lafayette and the American Revolution by Russell Freedman
Let it Begin Here! Lexington & Concord: First Battles of the American Revolution by Dennis Brindell Fradin, illustrated by Larry Day
Liberty or Death: The American Revolution 1763-1783 by Betsy Maestro, illustrated by Giulio Maestro
Liberty or Death: The Surprising Story of Runaway Slaves Who Sided With the British During the American Revolution by Margaret Whitman Blair
Liberty’s Exiles: American Loyalists in the Revolutionary World by Maya Jasanoff
Liberty’s Son: A Spy Story of the American Revolution by Paul B. Thompson
The Life and Times of Captain N. by Douglas Glover
Love Not a Rebel by Heather Graham
The Loyalist: A Story of the American Revolution by James Francis Barrett
The Loyalist’s Wife by Elaine Cougler
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The Maddest Idea by James L. Nelson
Masquerade: The Life & Times of Deborah Sampson, Continental Soldier by Alfred F. Young
The Messenger by Siri Mitchell
The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Midnight Rider by Joan Hiatt Harlow
The Minutemen and Their World by Robert A. Gross
My Brother Sam Is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier
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Nathanael Greene: A Biography of the American Revolution by Gerald M. Carbone
Native Son by J.M. Hochstetler
New York by Edward Rutherfurd
Northwest Passage by Kenneth Roberts
The Notorious Benedict Arnold: A True Story of Adventure, Heroism & Treachery by Steve Sheinkin
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Oliver Wiswell by Kenneth Roberts
Or Give Me Death: A Novel of Patrick Henry’s Family by Ann Rinaldi
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Paper Woman by Suzanne Adair
Patriots in Petticoats by Shirley Raye Redmond
Patriot Pirates: The Privateer War for Freedom and Fortune in the American Revolution by Robert H. Patton
Patriots, Pistols and Petticoats: ‘Poor Sinful CharlesTown’ During the American Revolution by Walter J. Fraser, Jr.
Patriots: The Men Who Started the American Revolution by A.J. Langguth
The Patriot Wore Petticoats by Marnie L. Pehrson
Paul Revere’s Ride by David Hackett Fischer
A People’s History of the American Revolution: How Common People Shaped the Fight for Independence by Ray Raphael
Plain, Honest Men: The Making of the American Constitution by Richard Beeman
Pox Americana: The Great Smallpox Epidemic of 1775-82 by Elizabeth A. Fenn
The Pox Party (The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation: Volume I) by M.T. Anderson
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Rabble in Arms by Kenneth Roberts
The Radicalism of the American Revolution by Gordon S. Wood
The Razing of Tinton Falls: Voices From the American Revolution by Michael S. Adelberg
The Reb and the Redcoats by Constance Savery
The Rebels by John Jakes
The Rebellion of Jane Clarke by Sally Gunning
Redcoat by Bernard Cornwell
Redcoats and Rebels: The American Revolution Through British Eyes by Christopher Hibbert
Regulated for Murder by Suzanne Adair
Reporting the Revolutionary War: Before It Was History, It Was News by Todd Andrlik
Revolutionaries: A New History of the Invention of America by Jack Rakove
Revolutionary Characters: What Made the Founders Different by Gordon S. Wood
Revolutionary Founders: Rebels, Radicals, and Reformers in the Making of the Nation by Alfred F. Young
Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for American Independence by Carol Berkin
A Revolutionary People at War: The Continental Army & American Character, 1775-1783 by Charles Royster
Revolutionary Summer: The Birth of American Independence by Joseph J. Ellis
A Ride Into Morning: The Story of Tempe Wick by Ann Rinaldi
Rise to Rebellion by Jeff Shaara
The Road to Guilford Courthouse: The American Revolution in the Carolinas by John Buchanan
Robert Morris: Financier of the American Revolution by Charles Rappleye
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Sarah Bishop by Scott O’Dell
The Schoolmaster’s Daughter by John Smolens
Sealed With Blood: War, Sacrifice, and Memory in Revolutionary America by Sarah J. Purcell
The Secret of Sarah Revere by Ann Rinaldi
The Secret Soldier: The Story of Deborah Sampson by Ann McGovern
1775: A Good Year for Revolution by Kevin Phillips
1776 by David McCullough
1776: Year of Illusions by Thomas Fleming
1781: The Decisive Year of the Revolutionary War by Robert L. Tonsetic
Shadow Patriots by Lucia St. Clair Robson
The Shoemaker and the Tea Party: Memory and the American Revolution by Alfred F. Young
Silver Storm by Cynthia Wright
Sister Revolutions: French Lightning, American Light by Susan Dunn
The Skulking Way of War: Technology and Tactics Among the New England Indians by Patrick M. Malone
Smuggler Nation: How Illicit Trade Made America by Peter Andreas
Sons of Providence: The Brown Brothers, the Slave Trade, and the American Revolution by Charles Rappleye
Sophia’s War: A Tale of the Revolution by Avi
The Split History of the American Revolution by Michael Burgan
A Spy in the King’s Colony by Lisa Banim
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Taking Liberties by Diana Norman
The Tempering Blaze by Sally Laity and Dianna Crawford
Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power by Jon Meacham
Time Enough for Drums by Ann Rinaldi
Toliver’s Secret by Esther Wood Brady
Tories: Fighting for the King in America’s First Civil War by Thomas B. Allen
The Tory Widow by Christine Blevins
Traits of the Tea Party: Being a Memoir of George R. T. Hewes by Benjamin Bussey Thatcher
Treacherous Beauty: Peggy Shippen, the Woman Behind Benedict Arnold’s Plot to Betray America by Mark Jacob and Stephen H. Case
The Turncoat: Renegades of the Revolution by Donna Thorland
The Turning of Anne Merrick by Christine Blevins
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The Unknown American Revolution: The Unruly Birth of Democracy and the Struggle to Create America by Gary Nash
Unlikely Allies: How a Merchant, a Playwright, and a Spy Saved the American Revolution by Joel Richard Paul
Unnatural Rebellion: Loyalists in New York City During the Revolution by Ruma Chopra
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Victory at Yorktown by Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen
Victory at Yorktown: The Campaign That Won the Revolution by Richard M. Ketchum
Voices of the American Revolution: Stories From the Battlefields by Lois Miner Huey
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The War that Made America: A Short History of the French and Indian War by Fred Anderson
Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow
Washington’s Crossing by David Hackett Fischer
Washington’s General: Nathanael Greene and the Triumph of the American Revolution by Terry Golway
Washington’s Secret War: The Hidden History of Valley Forge by Thomas Fleming
Washington’s Spies: The Story of America’s First Spy Ring by Alexander Rose
Washington: The Indispensable Man by James Thomas Flexner
The Whites of Their Eyes: Bunker Hill, the First American Army, and the Emergence of George Washington by Paul Lockhart
The Whites of Their Eyes: The Tea Party’s Revolution and the Battle Over American History by Jill Lepore
The Widow’s War by Sally Gunning
Wind of the Spirit by J.M. Hochstetler
The Winter of Red Snow: The Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, 1777 (Dear America) by Kristiana Gregory
With Fire and Sword: The Battle of Bunker Hill and the Beginning of the American Revolution by James L. Nelson
With Musket and Tomahawk: The Mohawk Valley Campaign in the Wilderness War of 1777 by Michael O. Logusz
With Musket and Tomahawk: The Saratoga Campaign and the Wilderness War of 1777 by Michael O. Logusz
Woods Runner by Gary Paulsen
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Young Patriots: Inspiring Stories of the American Revolution by Marcella Fisher Anderson and Elizabeth Weiss Vollstadt
A Young Patriot: The American Revolution as Experienced by One Boy by Jim Murphy
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