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Recipes of the American Revolution

2017
Provides a fact-filled narrative about the American Revolution, focusing on the foods people ate and how they prepared their meals. Contains recipes.

I survived the American Revolution, 1776

2017
"Nathaniel Fox never imagined he'd find himself in the middle of a blood-soaked battlefield, fighting for his life. He was only eleven years old! He'd barely paid attention to the troubles between America and England. How could he, while being worked to the bone by his cruel uncle, Uriah Storch? But when his uncle's rage forces him to flee the only home he knows, Nate is suddenly propelled toward a thrilling and dangerous journey into the heart of the Revolutionary War. He finds himself in New York City on the brink of what will be the biggest battle yet"--Back cover.

Rebel with a cause

the daring adventure of Dicey Langston, girl spy of the American Revolution
"Tells the story of a young Revolutionary War hero, Dicey Langston, who warned the Patriots of an attack by the brutal Loyalist leader "Bloody Bill" Cunningham"--Provided by publisher.

Sophia's war

a tale of the revolution
In 1776, after witnessing the execution of Nathan Hale in New York City, newly occupied by the British army, young Sophia Calderwood resolves to do all she can to help the American cause, including becoming a spy.

The American Revolution

2021
"A book that explores the hidden truth about the American Revolution featuring sidebars, illustrations, photos, and graphic panels"--Provided by the publisher.
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A U.S. independence time capsule

artifacts of the nation's beginnings
Tea leaves, a lantern, yellowed documents, and more tell a part of the story of the colonists' fight for independence.

Republics ancient and modern

1994
"Where students of the American founding are inclined to dispute whether the Revolution was liberal, republican, or merely confused, [the author] demonstrates that the American regime embodies an uneasy, fragile, and carefully worked-out compromise between the enlightened despotism espoused by Thomas Hobbes and the classical republicanism defended by Pericles and Demosthenes"--Back cover.

Imperial republics

revolution, war, and territorial expansion from the English Civil War to the French Revolution
2011
Examines seventeenth-century and eighteenth-century revolutions in England, the United States, and France.

Israel Potter

his fifty years of exile
2015
"Soldier, sailor, prisoner of war, and spy, Israel Potter's lively career leads to encounters with historic figures such as Ben Franklin, John Paul Jones, and George III. Based on the memoirs of a Revolutionary War veteran, this novel was acclaimed by The Village Voice as "hilarious, tender, expressive." This edition also includes Potter's autobiography, The Life and Remarkable Adventures of Israel R. Potter."--Provided by publisher.

Abigail Adams

letters
2016
"Abigail Adams was an unusually accomplished letter writer. Spirited and insightful, her correspondence offers a unique vantage on historical events in which her family played so prominent a role, while bringing vividly to life the everyday experience of American women in the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. Here are 430 letters-more than a hundred published for the first time-to John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Mercy Otis Warren, James and Dolley Madison, and Martha Washington, among many others."--Amazon.com.

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