American War of Independence

This book describes momentous events in the American and French Revolutions. The American revolutionaries were nationalist patriots, who wanted ind...

This beautiful hardcover volume contains the two documents every American and citizen of the world should read: the complete text of the Declaratio...

A storied friendship between two of America's founders--one that endured for fifty years--and the roadtrip that forged it. Between May 21 and Jun...

CONGRESS SHALL MAKE NO LAW RESPECTING AN ESTABLISHMENT OF RELIGION, OR PROHIBITING THE FREE EXERCISE THEREOF. Those words, scratched on parchment i...

Originally published in 1933, and written by Americas historian, James Truslow Adams, this volume tells the story of the rise of the American natio...

The relationship between Thomas Jefferson and William Short, the eldest son of an established Virginia family and relative of Martha Jefferson, beg...

Why is the metaphor of the Founding Fathers so insidiousand how does it impact American politics?American politicians routinely invoke the metaphor...

Band of Giants brings to life the founders who fought for our independence. Jefferson, Adams, and Franklin are known to all; men like Morgan, Green...

Imaginary Friendship is the first in-depth study of the onset of the American Revolution through the prism of friendship, focusing on future US pre...

When George Washington and the Continental Army marched into Gulph Mills in December 1777, they were uncheered by any recent triumph. Washingtons a...

Relieve Us of This Burthen is the first book-length study of Continental soldiers, officers, and militiamen held as prisoners of war by the British...

Admired by George Washington, ridiculed by Thomas Jefferson, published in London, and read far and wide, Phillis Wheatley led one of the most extra...

In this penetrating biography of Thomas Bradbury Chandler, S. Scott Rohrer takes readers deep into the intellectual world of a leading loyalist who...

The British press in the eighteenth century significantly influenced politics, often making or breaking careers. The career of Lord Shelburne, the ...

In this penetrating biography of Thomas Bradbury Chandler, S. Scott Rohrer takes readers deep into the intellectual world of a leading loyalist who...