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3) Common Sense
The true story of the friendship between founding fathers George Washington and Alexander Hamilton. From the American Revolution to the nation's first tempestuous years, this history book tells the largely untold story of the men who built America from the ground up and changed US history.
In the wake of the American Revolution, the Founding Fathers faced a daunting task: overcome their competing visions to build a new nation,
...9) The taking of Jemima Boone: colonial settlers, tribal nations, and the kidnap that shaped America
As part of the Treaty of Paris, in which...
12) Founding gardeners: the revolutionary generation, nature, and the shaping of the American nation
13) The founders' revolution: the forgotten history and principles of the Declaration of Independence
15) James Madison
The sleeper history hit of 2008, released in paperback to coincide with the heart of hurricane season
On September 2, 1775, the eighth deadliest Atlantic hurricane of all time landed on American shores. Over the next days, it would race up the East Coast, striking all of the important colonial capitols and killing more than four thousand people. In an era when hurricanes were viewed as omens from God, what this storm signified to the colonists
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