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Molly Pitcher

young patriot
1986
A childhood biography of the Pennsylvania German woman who became a Revolutionary War heroine when she carried water to American soldiers and even fired a cannon herself during the Battle of Monmouth.

Haym Salomon, liberty's son

1975
A biography of the Polish-born Jew who cast his lot with the American rebels, helping to finance the American Revolution and later to save the new nation from economic collapse.

The secret of Van Rink's cellar

1979
While searching for the ghost that haunts the house in which their mother is a maid and dressmaker for an English officer's wife, Sarah and Stephen become secretly involved in the Revolutionary War effort.

Paul Revere

1987
Recounts the story of the American patriot who rode from Boston to Lexington to warn his fellow citizens that the British were coming.

The road to freedom, 1750-1783

1990
Describes the French and Indian War and the Revolutionary War.

Sam and John Adams

1974
A biography of two cousins, one a leader in the American Revolution, the other the second President of the United States.

Francis Marion

swamp fox, 1732-1795
1988
A brief biography of the southern plantation owner and general whose knowledge of the swamps helped keep the Revolution alive in the South.

Oh say, I can't see

2007
Time travelers Joe, Fred, and Samantha inspire General George Washington during the winter of 1776 to carry out a surprise attack on Hessian troops in Trenton, New Jersey, that will eventually change the course of the Revolutionary War.

Attack of the Turtle

a novel
2007
During the Revolutionary War, fourteen-year-old Nathan joins forces with his older cousin, the inventor David Bushnell, to secretly build the first submarine used in naval warfare.

The Revolutionary War

2001
Chronicles the history of the Revolutionary War, examining the political, economic, legal, demographic, and other factors that led colonists to pursue freedom from Britain, following the course of the military action, and introducing key figures in the conflict.

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