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Summary: Thomas Jefferson first met the Marquis de Lafayette in 1781, when the young French-born general was dispatched to Virginia to assist Jefferson, then the state's governor, in fighting off the British. The two could not have seemed more different. When Jefferson moved to Paris three years later as a diplomat, speaking little French and in need of a partner, their friendship began in earnest....
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 920 CHAGroom, Winston
Summary: "In this masterful narrative, historian Winston Groom transports readers to the world of the American Revolution, where bold ideas, improbable events, and three extraordinary characters led to the remarkable birth of the country we know today. When the Revolutionary War ended in victory, there remained a stupendous problem: establishing a workable democratic government in the vast, newly...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books, Inc. 2020
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 973.3092 GROCastrovilla, Selene
Summary: "Introduces the reader to the founding mothers of the United States"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 305.4 CASCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 920 CASDi Spigna, Christian
Summary: A detailed portrait of Founding Father, Dr. Joseph Warren, examines his work as an architect of the colonial rebellion, before his hero's death at Bunker Hill obscured his essential role in America's independence.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WARREN, JOSEPH DIPKelly, Jack
Summary: "A gripping exploration of the intense psychology and character of Benedict Arnold, arguing that he was essential to victory before he was a traitor Benedict Arnold committed treason- for more than two centuries, that's all that most Americans have known about him. Yet Arnold was much more than a turncoat-his achievements during the early years of the Revolutionary War defined him as the most...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ARNOLD, BENEDICT KELVowell, Sarah
Summary: On August 16, 1824, an elderly French gentlemen sailed into New York Harbor and giddy Americans were there to welcome him. Or, rather, to welcome him back. It had been 30 years since the Revolutionary War hero the Marquis de Lafayette had last set foot in the United States, and he was so beloved that 80,000 people showed up to cheer for him. The entire population of New York at the time was...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 355 VOWFraser, Flora
Summary: "A biography of Flora MacDonald, the woman who aided "Bonnie" Prince Charlie and inspired the "Skye Boat Song""--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 MACDONALD, FLORA FRAMcAneney, Caitie
Summary: Team Time Machine has another adventure on their hands. They're riding with Paul Revere! Revere famously alerted colonists to approaching British forces at the start of the Revolutionary War. Readers will follow the kids of Team Time Machine and Paul Revere as they ride from Boston to Lexington to save the day. Historical artwork paired with fun facts and an exciting narrative give readers an...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Gareth Stevens Publishing 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 973.3 MCAPollack, Pam
Summary: Highlights the life and accomplishments of the founding father, from his childhood as an orphan in the West Indies to his role in developing the Constitution and his tragic death in a duel with Aaron Burr.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 HAMCopies Available at East Bay
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JB BASKET HAMILTONMoore, Peter
Summary: "The most famous phrase in American history once looked quite different. "The preservation of life, & liberty, & the pursuit of happiness" was how Thomas Jefferson put it in the first draft of the Declaration, before the first ampersand was scratched out, along with "the preservation of." In a statement as pithy--and contested--as this, a small deletion matters. And indeed, that final,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2023
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Summary: "Imagine microscopic worms living in the soil. They enter your body through your bare feet, travel to your intestines, and stay there for years sucking your blood like vampires. You feel exhausted. You get sick easily. It sounds like a nightmare, but that's what happened in the American South during the 1800s and early 1900s. Doctors never guessed that hookworms were making patients ill, but...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Calkins Creek, an imprint of Astra Books for Young Readers 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 616.9 JARGoodrich, Phillip
Summary: In this under-reported and under-taught story of the American Revolution, Phillip Goodrich describes the role Benjamin Franklin played in bringing the northern and southern colonies together against corrupt British rule. Along with an "Inner Circle" of British Abolitionists, Franklin worked behind the scenes to secure the freedom of a single American slave, James Somersett; and then, in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 973.3092 GOOFlavell, Julie
Summary: "Finally revealing the family's indefatigable women among its legendary military figures, The Howe Dynasty recasts the British side of the American Revolution. In December 1774, Benjamin Franklin met Caroline Howe, the sister of British Admiral Richard and General William Howe, in a London drawing room for "half a dozen Games of Chess." As Julie Flavell reveals, the games concealed a matter of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 FLASchiff, Stacy
Summary: Thomas Jefferson once asserted that "for depth of purpose, zeal, and sagacity, no man in Congress exceeded, if any equaled, Sam Adams." John Adams called him "the most elegant writer, the most sagacious politician, and celebrated patriot perhaps of all." But in spite of his celebrated status among America's founding fathers as a revolutionary leader, Samuel Adams' life and achievements have...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD BIOGRAPHY ADAMSEckert, Allan W.
Summary: Recreates events which actually occurred in the opening up of the Northwest Territory in the period 1700 to 1900 based on written documents.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jesse Stuart Foundation 2001
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Summary: "Thomas Jefferson asserted that if there was any leader of the Revolution, "Samuel Adams was the man." With high-minded ideals and bare-knuckle tactics, Adams led what could be called the greatest campaign of civil resistance in American history. Stacy Schiff returns Adams to his seat of glory, introducing us to the shrewd and eloquent man who supplied the moral backbone of the American...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ADACopies Available at Kingsley
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 ADAMS, SAMUEL SCHCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B ADAMS SCHCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Bio AdamsBaier, Bret
Summary: George Washington rescued the nation three times: first by leading the Continental Army to victory in the Revolutionary War, second by presiding over the Constitutional Convention that set the blueprint for the United States and ushering the Constitution through a fractious ratification process, and third by leading the nation as its first president. After the War of Independence, the states...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mariner Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.4 BAIWaldstreicher, David
Summary: "Admired by George Washington, ridiculed by Thomas Jefferson, published in London, and read far and wide, Phillis Wheatley led one of the most extraordinary American lives. Seized in West Africa and forced into slavery as a child, she was sold to a merchant family in Boston, where she became a noted poet at a young age. Mastering the Bible, Greek and Latin translations, and the works of Pope...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WHEATLEY, PHILLIS WALOstler, Catherine
Summary: Elizabeth Chudleigh lived a privileged life in 18th century England where she was part of the Hanoverian court as maid of honor to the Princess of Wales. Known for her style and wit, Elizabeth delighted and scandalized the press and public. She married twice: in secret to a young heir to an earldom and later to a duke. Eventually charged with bigamy, her trial was Georgian England's greatest...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria Books 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BRISTOL, ELIZABETH CHUDLEIGH OSTEllis, Joseph J.
Summary: "The prizewinning author of Founding Brothers and American Sphinx now gives us the unexpected story--brilliantly told--of why the thirteen colonies, having just fought off the imposition of a distant centralized governing power, would decide to subordinate themselves anew. The triumph of the American Revolution was neither an ideological nor political guarantee that the colonies would...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 342.7302 ELLCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 ELLFreedman, Russell
Summary: Examines the role of the Marquis de Lafayette in the American Revolution, discussing how the nineteen-year-old defied the king of France to join the fight for liberty in the United States.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Holiday House 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 LAFPhilbrick, Nathaniel
Summary: "The National Book Award-winning author of In the Heart of the Sea presents an account of the complicated middle years of the American Revolution that shares lesser-known insights into the tragic relationship between George Washington and Benedict Arnold,"--NoveList.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.3 PHICopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult, Call number: 973.3 PHICopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: 973.3 PHIYoussef, Jagger
Summary: "First Lady Abigail Adams is an honored figure in U.S. history. Her correspondence offers historical primary sources, helping us understand what it was like to be a woman, a mother, and an American in the early days of the United States. This fascinating and accessible biography of Adams's life uses her own words to reflect the wit, intelligence, and opinions of this early advocate for women's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2023