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1) A people's history of the American Revolution: how common people shaped the fight for independence
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English
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Upon its initial publication, Ray Raphael's magisterial A People's History of the American Revolution was hailed by NPR's Fresh Air as "relentlessly aggressive and unsentimental." With impeccable skill, Raphael presented a wide array of fascinating scholarship within a single volume, employing a bottom-up approach that has served as a revelation.
A People's History of the American Revolution draws upon diaries, personal letters, and other Revolutionary-era...
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Modern Library chronicles volume 9
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English
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The American Revolution signaled a great change in the course of world history and progress. From this colonial revolt sprouted ideals of liberty and democracy, and all the aspirations and ambitions of a new people.
In this work, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Gordon S. Wood discusses the character and consequences of the revolution, grounding the events and ideas that shaped the American consciousness.
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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"The story of the Boston Massacre?when on a late winter evening in 1770, British soldiers shot five local men to death?is familiar to generations. But from the very beginning, many accounts have obscured a fascinating truth: the Massacre arose from conflicts that were as personal as they were political.
7) Sweetie: # 6
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Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"George Washington's foxhound Sweetlips narrates the story of her master's transformation from farmer to Father of our Country"--
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I survived (Graphic novels) volume 8
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Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
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English
Description
Eleven-year-old Nathaniel Knox becomes caught up in a gunfight between American and British troops during the American Revolution.
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Publisher
Roaring Brook Press
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st ed.
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English
Description
Presents an illustrated account of bookseller Henry Knox's heroic contributions during the Revolutionary War, describing how he dragged fifty-nine cannons to Boston across 225 miles filled with danger and hardship.
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English
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"In his epic new book, Russell Shorto takes us back to the founding of the American nation, drawing on diaries, letters and autobiographies to flesh out six lives that cast the era in a fresh new light. They include an African man who freed himself and his family from slavery, a rebellious young woman who abandoned her abusive husband to chart her own course and a certain Mr. Washington, who was admired for his social graces but harshly criticized...
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English
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The American Revolution was a home-front war that brought scarcity, bloodshed, and danger into the life of every American. The author shows that women played a vital role throughout the struggle: we see women boycotting British goods in the years before independence, writing propaganda that radicalized their neighbors, raising funds for the army, and helping finance the fledgling government. We see how they managed farms, plantations, and businesses...
16) Taxes, the Tea Party, and those revolting rebels: a history in comics of the American Revolution
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Publisher
NBM
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
"In his irreverent-- but thoroughly researched and accurate-- comics history, Mack brings to life the loud, contentious, and messy process that birthed the United States of America. Along the way, he may knock a Founding Father or two off his pedestal, and readers may discover a few parallels to the chaotic political scene we find ourselves in today" -- from publisher's web site.
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Publisher
Feiwel and Friends
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
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English
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Description
A fictionalized account of the sixteen-year-old girl, trained to handle a musket, who rode alone over forty miles in New York to bring out the militia before the Battle of Ridgefield.--
19) Lafayette!
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Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of the Marquis de Lafayette, both what happened before and during the American Revolution, including all the Frenchman's escapades across France and the colonies.
20) Ashes
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Series
Seeds of America trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"As the Revolutionary War rages on, Isabel and Curzon are reported as runaways, and the awful Bellingham is determined to track them down. With purpose and faith, Isabel and Curzon march on, fiercely determined to find Isabel's little sister Ruth, who is enslaved in a Southern state"--
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