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Choosing Sides on the Frontier in the American Revolution

Choosing Sides on the Frontier in the American Revolution


Walter S. Dunn



Book Description Indians and whites navigated a complex terrain of economic and social factors (including land use, access ...
Frontiersman: Daniel Boone and the Making of America (Southern Biography Series)

Frontiersman: Daniel Boone and the Making of America (Southern Biography Series)


Meredith Mason Brown



From Publishers Weekly This is the fourth biography of Boone since 1992—it's the most readable and balanced, and, ...
War, Empire and Slavery, 1770-1830

War, Empire and Slavery, 1770-1830


Nicholas Guyatt, Richard Bessel, Jane Rendall



About the Author RICHARD BESSEL is Professor of Twentieth Century History at the University of York, UK. Previously he ta...
The Hessians: Mercenaries from Hessen-Kassel in the American Revolution

The Hessians: Mercenaries from Hessen-Kassel in the American Revolution


Rodney Atwood



Book Description This study uses German, British and American manuscript sources to put the Hessians in their historical ...
Settler and Creole Re-Enactment

Settler and Creole Re-Enactment


Jonathan Lamb, Vanessa Agnew



About the Author VANESSA AGNEW is Associate Professor in the German Department, University of Michigan, USA where sh...
Letters From France The Private Diplomatic Correspondence of Benjamin Franklin 1776-1785

Letters From France The Private Diplomatic Correspondence of Benjamin Franklin 1776-1785


Brett F. Woods



Review After decades of success in science and one of the more technologically sophisticated businesses of the day, print...
The American Revolution 100: The Battles, People, and Events of the American War for Independence, Ranked by Their Significance

The American Revolution 100: The Battles, People, and Events of the American War for Independence, Ranked by Their Significance


Michael Lanning Lt. Col.



About the Author Lt. Col. Michael Lee Lanning (Texas) retired from the US Army after more than 20 years of service. He is...
One Nation Under Debt: Hamilton, Jefferson, and the History of What We Owe

One Nation Under Debt: Hamilton, Jefferson, and the History of What We Owe


Robert E. Wright



From the Back Cover The Untold History of America's First Debt and its Relevance in Today's Economy “Wright tackles ...
Toward a More Perfect Union: Virtue and the Formation of American Republics

Toward a More Perfect Union: Virtue and the Formation of American Republics


Ann Fairfax Withington



Review "A convincing account, writen with unusual wit and style, of the manner in which colonial American self-righteousn...
Anglophilia: Deference, Devotion, and Antebellum America

Anglophilia: Deference, Devotion, and Antebellum America


Elisa Tamarkin



Review “Anglophilia takes a commonsensical subject—nineteenth-century adulation for and emulation of Britis...
Scandal and Civility: Journalism and the Birth of American Democracy

Scandal and Civility: Journalism and the Birth of American Democracy


Marcus Daniel



Review "To get some perspective one need go no further than Scandal and Civility, Marcus Daniel's detailed study of the A...
Law and Providence in Joseph Bellamy's New England: The Origins of the New Divinity in Revolutionary America (Religion in America)

Law and Providence in Joseph Bellamy's New England: The Origins of the New Divinity in Revolutionary America (Religion in America)


Mark Valeri



Review "A superb study. The author has made very significant arguments about Joseph Bellamy, an unduly neglected eighteen...
Arming Slaves: From Classical Times to the Modern Age

Arming Slaves: From Classical Times to the Modern Age


Christopher Leslie Brown, Philip D. Morgan



Review “No other book comes close to the broad coverage and wide scope of this important collection.”ȁ...
Liberty And American Experience In The Eighteenth Century

Liberty And American Experience In The Eighteenth Century


David Womersley



Liberty And American Experience In The Eighteenth Century...
Creating an American Identity: New England, 1789-1825

Creating an American Identity: New England, 1789-1825


Stephanie Kermes



Review "In this excellent book, Stephanie Kermes makes a signal contribution to cultural history and regional history.&#x...
The Great Catastrophe of My Life: Divorce in the Old Dominion

The Great Catastrophe of My Life: Divorce in the Old Dominion


Thomas E. S.J. Buckley



Review "In the process of teaching us everything there is to know about divorce in antebellum Virginia, Thomas Buckley te...
The Faiths of the Founding Fathers

The Faiths of the Founding Fathers


David L. Holmes



From Publishers Weekly In demystifying what has been argument fodder for over 200 years, religion scholar Holmes (A Brief...
Postcolonial Representations: Women, Literature, Identity (Reading Women Writing)

Postcolonial Representations: Women, Literature, Identity (Reading Women Writing)


Francoise Lionnet



Postcolonial Representations: Women, Literature, Identity (Reading Women Writing)...
Keepers of the Covenant: Frontier Missions and the Decline of Congregationalism, 1774-1818 (Religion in America)

Keepers of the Covenant: Frontier Missions and the Decline of Congregationalism, 1774-1818 (Religion in America)


James R. Rohrer



Review "A much-needed corrective of post-Revolutionary congregational evangelism."--Choice "Rather than superseding a hi...
History in Dispute, Volume 6 - The Cold War, Second Series

History in Dispute, Volume 6 - The Cold War, Second Series


Benjamin Frankel, Dennis E. Showalter, Robert J. Allison



History in Dispute, Volume 6 - The Cold War, Second Series...
Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815 (Oxford History of the United States)

Empire of Liberty: A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815 (Oxford History of the United States)


Gordon S. Wood



Amazon.com Review Take a Look Inside the Empire of Liberty [Click on Images to Enlarge] : This portrait painte...
Religion and the Continental Congress, 1774-1789: Contributions to Original Intent (Religion in America)

Religion and the Continental Congress, 1774-1789: Contributions to Original Intent (Religion in America)


Derek H. Davis



Review "Davis has produced a study, both modest and ambitious, which makes a worthy contribution to what constitutional s...
The Overflowing of Friendship: Love between Men and the Creation of the American Republic

The Overflowing of Friendship: Love between Men and the Creation of the American Republic


Richard Godbeer



Review In his latest work, Richard Godbeer uncovers a world of feeling hitherto ignored and misunderstood—that of pa...
America as Second Creation: Technology and Narratives of New Beginnings

America as Second Creation: Technology and Narratives of New Beginnings


David E. Nye



Review "Mr. Nye [is] a remarkable chronicler of how technological change has impressed itself on the American character."...
The Divided Heart: Essays on Protestantism and the Enlightenment in America

The Divided Heart: Essays on Protestantism and the Enlightenment in America


Henry F. May



Review "Few historians have written for as long or as well about the American mind of Henry May."--Church History ...
Reading the Early Republic

Reading the Early Republic


Robert A. Ferguson



Review These fine essays analyze U.S. texts from the 1760s through the 1820s so as to illustrate the forms of expression,...
The Other Daughters of the Revolution: The Narrative of K. White, 1809 And the Memoirs of Elizabeth Fisher, 1810

The Other Daughters of the Revolution: The Narrative of K. White, 1809 And the Memoirs of Elizabeth Fisher, 1810


Sharon Halevi



From the Back Cover Early in the nineteenth century, New York residents K. White and Elizabeth Fisher wrote and published...
The Other New York: The American Revolution Beyond New York City, 1763-1787 (Suny Series, An American Region: Studies in the Hudson Valley)

The Other New York: The American Revolution Beyond New York City, 1763-1787 (Suny Series, An American Region: Studies in the Hudson Valley)


Eugene R. Fingerhut, Joseph S. Tiedemann



The Other New York: The American Revolution Beyond New York City, 1763-1787 (Suny Series, An American Region: Studies in the Hudson Valley)...
The American Revolution: A History in Documents (Pages from History)

The American Revolution: A History in Documents (Pages from History)


Steven C. Bullock



Review "Bullock succeeds quite well in making history important and vital to today....In the documents, one can see both ...
Mormons and Cowboys, Moonshiners and Klansmen: Federal Law Enforcement in the South & West, 1870-1893

Mormons and Cowboys, Moonshiners and Klansmen: Federal Law Enforcement in the South & West, 1870-1893


Stephen Cresswell



Mormons and Cowboys, Moonshiners and Klansmen: Federal Law Enforcement in the South & West, 1870-1893...