The American Revolution Books
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An extremely readable, entertaining account of the war's beginning.
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A highly acclaimed work of history that studies a specific part of the world (Virginia) during the Revolution but offers some very intriguing re-interpretations of how seemingly powerless groups like poor white farmers, slaves, and Native Americans all had pivotal influence on the gentry's decision to lead the charge for independence.
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An examination of the Revolution through women's perspectives as Kerber thoroughly researched them in diaries, letters, and legal records.
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Another Pulitzer Prize winner, and a very accessible and engaging account of the pivotal year of independence, from multiple perspectives.
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A fantastic narrative history of the conflict from a preeminent historian.
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A Pulitzer-Prize winning book from one of the Revolution's biggest fans. Wood argues that America's was indeed a radical Revolution, within its context. The book seeks to couch the events of the 1760s and '70s (and thereafter) in a much broader political, social, and cultural context so that you can understand what the Western world was like before, during, and after the American war for independence.