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The American Revolution and the Founding Fathers
Posted on 7/10/20 at 8:56 pm
Posted on 7/10/20 at 8:56 pm
Can y’all recommend list of books on these two topics? I want some good, in depth literature. Thanks for any suggestions.
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Posted on 7/10/20 at 9:09 pm to DeafJam73
Fiction or non fiction?
If the latter, read 1776
If the latter, read 1776
Posted on 7/10/20 at 9:13 pm to memphis tiger
Non-fiction preferably. I need and want to have better knowledge of that time.
Posted on 7/10/20 at 10:18 pm to DeafJam73
Then definitely read 1776.
Great insight into the early revolutionary war and the struggles Washington and his men faced and overcame.
Every step of the way, the entire revolution was on the precipice of completely falling apart.
Great insight into the early revolutionary war and the struggles Washington and his men faced and overcame.
Every step of the way, the entire revolution was on the precipice of completely falling apart.
Posted on 7/10/20 at 11:44 pm to memphis tiger
Just ordered it. :)
Posted on 7/11/20 at 9:48 am to DeafJam73
If you like historical fiction I recommend "To Try Men's Souls", "Valley Forge", and "Victory at Yorktown". It's a three book series on the Revolutionary War written by Newt Gingrich and William Forstchen.
Posted on 7/11/20 at 9:35 pm to DeafJam73
Read Nathaniel Philbrick’s Bunker Hill, Valiant Ambition, and In the Hurricane’s Eye. The three books cover the salient parts of the beginning to the end of the revolution.
Posted on 7/12/20 at 9:28 pm to memphis tiger
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1776
Does this go into the years leading up to the revolution in the early 1770s?
If not, is there something that goes into the events leading up to the revolution and those that ultimately triggered it?
This post was edited on 7/12/20 at 9:29 pm
Posted on 7/13/20 at 9:39 pm to meeple
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1776
Does this go into the years leading up to the revolution in the early 1770s?
If not, is there something that goes into the events leading up to the revolution and those that ultimately triggered it?
1774, the long year of revolution
Posted on 7/14/20 at 2:21 pm to DeafJam73
John Adams and 1776 both by David McCullough. There's an illustrated version of 1776 with maps and letters that is really cool if you can find it.
Posted on 7/17/20 at 8:49 am to DeafJam73
Rick Atkinson’s “The British are Coming” - 1st in a trilogy. His WWII trilogy is also fantastic.
John Ferling’s “Almost a Miracle”
I’d also second the Philbrick trilogy and recommend a few books on the war in the Southern colonies by John Buchanan. “The Road to Gulfport Courthouse” and “The Road to Charleston”. Just finished a bio on Nathaneal Greene. Highly recommend anything on Greene as he fought in both theatres.
John Ferling’s “Almost a Miracle”
I’d also second the Philbrick trilogy and recommend a few books on the war in the Southern colonies by John Buchanan. “The Road to Gulfport Courthouse” and “The Road to Charleston”. Just finished a bio on Nathaneal Greene. Highly recommend anything on Greene as he fought in both theatres.
Posted on 7/17/20 at 9:19 am to DeafJam73
The McCollough books are great. If you are looking for something more comprehensive in the style of the Shelby Foote Civil War books, check out Page Smith's two volume work. A New Age Now Begins.
Posted on 7/17/20 at 7:54 pm to DeafJam73
Rise to Rebellion by Jeff Shaara.
Posted on 7/17/20 at 9:07 pm to DeafJam73
If anyone has a recommendation for a book that has a snaller focus - maybe on a specic person, spy thing, or squad, single campaign, etc. Id be very interested in some recommendations.
Posted on 7/18/20 at 1:25 am to Sneaky__Sally
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If anyone has a recommendation for a book that has a snaller focus - maybe on a specic person, spy thing, or squad, single campaign, etc. Id be very interested in some recommendations.
Grant by Ron Chernow is my favorite book I’ve ever read. Follows his life through childhood to death all through the war and his presidency etc.
Posted on 7/19/20 at 2:32 pm to DeafJam73
The Great Upheaval by Jay Winik
This post was edited on 7/19/20 at 2:35 pm
Posted on 7/21/20 at 1:36 pm to DeafJam73
I just finished Killing England. It was pretty solid and an easy read.
Posted on 7/21/20 at 1:49 pm to DeafJam73
I’m looking for a good book on Jefferson, something similar to what Chernow did on Hamilton. Something with an unbiased author
Posted on 7/21/20 at 2:39 pm to Wishnitwas1998
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I’m looking for a good book on Jefferson, something similar to what Chernow did on Hamilton. Something with an unbiased author
Art of power by Meachem (the best)
American Sphinx by Ellis
Friends divided by wood
Madison and Jefferson by Burstein
Jefferson and Hamilton: Rivalry that forged a nation by Ferling
Posted on 7/22/20 at 7:58 am to DeafJam73
Read the men who lost America
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