The Taking of Jemima Boone: Colonial ...
Matthew Pearl“A rousing tale of frontier daring and ingenuity, better than legend on every front.” — Pulitzer Prize–winning author Stacy Schiff A Goodreads Most Anticipated Book In his first work of narrative no...
Charity and Sylvia: A Same-Sex Marria...
Rechel Hope ClevesCharity and Sylvia is the intimate history of two ordinary women who lived in an extraordinary same-sex marriage during the early nineteenth century. Based on diaries, letters, and poetry, among other original documents, the research ...
Duel with the Devil: The True Story o...
Paul CollinsBESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE EDGAR FINALIST, MURDER OF THE CENTURYIn the closing days of 1799, the United States was still a young republic. Waging a fierce battle for its uncertain future were two political parties: the well-moneyed Fe...
Revolutionary Summer: The Birth of Am...
Joseph J. EllisA Washington Post Notable BookA Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the YearThe summer months of 1776 witnessed the most consequential events in the story of our country's founding. While the thirteen colonies came together and agr...
The Anti-Federalist Papers (Dover Thr...
Patrick HenryBetween the first proposals of a federal Constitution in 1787 and the document's 1789 ratification, an intense debate raged among the nation's founding fathers. The Federalist Papers-- authored by James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, an...
Franklin & Washington: The Founding P...
Edward J. Larson"Larson's elegantly written dual biography reveals that the partnership of Franklin and Washington was indispensable to the success of the Revolution." —Gordon S. Wood From the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian c...
The Swamp Fox: How Francis Marion Sav...
John OllerLike the Robin Hood of legend, Francis Marion--the "Swamp Fox"--and his men attacked from secret hideaways before melting back into the forest or swamp, confounding the British. Although Marion bore little resemblance to the fictional...
Bunker Hill: A City, A Siege, A Revol...
Nathaniel PhilbrickNathaniel Philbrick, the bestselling author of In the Heart of the Sea and Mayflower, brings his prodigious talents to the story of the Boston battle that ignited the American Revolution. Boston in 1775 is an island city occupied by B...
Valiant Ambition: George Washington, ...
Nathaniel Philbrick"May be one of the greatest what-if books of the age—a volume that turns one of America's best-known narratives on its head."—Boston Globe"Clear and insightful, it consolidates his reputation as one of America's for...
The Idea of America: Reflections on t...
Gordon S. WoodThe preeminent historian of the Founding Era reflects on the birth of American nationhood and explains why the American Revolution remains so essential.For Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Gordon S. Wood, the American Revolution is th...