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62) We are patriots
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
In her diary, ten-year-old Hope writes about her life as a patriot in 1777 Philadelphia, as the Redcoats try to take over her city and defeat the Continental Army. Includes historical notes.
Author
Publisher
Tyndale House
Pub. Date
�2006
Language
English
Description
"Discover the character, faith, and experiences of America's Founders as they developed this great country where we can worship, work, travel, and live in freedom. You'll travel to Washington, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Virginia to learn about the life and times of George Washington, Ben Franklin, John Quincy Adams, Abigail Adams, Benjamin Banneker, and more, all presented in historical context"--Publisher description.
Series
Publisher
AETN
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
Founding fathers: "They were traitors, troublemakers, and revolutionaries who risked their reputations, fortunes and lives. But they became American icons, faces on our currency, with their images carved forever in marble and stone. They are our heroes, but behind the labels and beneath the facades, they were human. These were men who forged and fought for our independence and the birth of the United States of America. This is the story of our Founding...
66) Ashes
Author
Series
Seeds of America trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"As the Revolutionary War rages on, Isabel and Curzon are reported as runaways, and the awful Bellingham is determined to track them down. With purpose and faith, Isabel and Curzon march on, fiercely determined to find Isabel's little sister Ruth, who is enslaved in a Southern state"--
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
In the midst of a backyard campout, ten-year-old Matt and four other children find themselves transported back into the time of George Washington and the American Revolution, where they begin to live out American history firsthand and learn the sober realities of war.
68) Defiant brides: the untold story of two revolutionary-era women and the radical men they married
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
�2012
Language
English
Description
"When Peggy Shippen, the celebrated blonde belle of Philadelphia, married American military hero Benedict Arnold in 1779, she anticipated a life of fame and fortune, but financial debts and political intrigues prompted her to conspire with her treasonous husband against George Washington and the American Revolution. In spite of her commendable efforts to rehabilitate her husband's name, Peggy Shippen continues to be remembered as a traitor bride....
Author
Series
Choose your own adventure spies volume 2
Publisher
Chooseco
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"The year is 1781 and George Washington is commanding thousands of troops in Yorktown, Virginia, on the brink of the most important battle of the war. You are James Armistead, a brave and literate enslaved person in Virginia. Marquis de Lafayette, one of Washington s key officers, approaches you with the most critical choice of your life: do you join the Revolutionary army as a top secret spy or find freedom on your own terms? As a spy for the revolution,...
Author
Publisher
Free Press
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
One of today's leading thinkers on military affairs recounts the tumultuous history of "The Great Warpath," the corridor between Albany and Montreal where the American way of battle was formed from the late 17th to the early 19th century.
75) Roots
Language
English
Description
Alex Haley's Roots, in which he traces his family's history from the mid-18th century when one of his ancestors was captured and sold into slavery. Follows the struggle for freedom that began with the boy's abduction to America and continued throughout the generations that followed.
Author
Series
Publisher
DK Publishing
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Provides information about the people, battles, and events of America's battle for independence, including what daily life was like for Americans caught up in the conflict, the type of arms used by both armies, and the lasting effect of the war.
Author
Publisher
Amulet Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Nathan Hale, the author's historical namesake, was America's first spy, a Revolutionary War hero who famously said "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country" before being hanged by the British. In the Nathan Hale's Hazardous Tales series, author Nathan Hale channels his namesake to present history's roughest, toughest, and craziest stories in the graphic novel format.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
©1991
Language
English
Description
In the midst of a backyard campout, ten-year-old Matt and four other children find themselves transported back into the time of George Washington and the American Revolution, where they begin to live out American history firsthand and learn the sober realities of war.
80) Paul Revere
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Reference
Pub. Date
�1999
Language
English
Description
A biography of the man made famous by a poem about the American Revolution, placing his life and work in its real historical context.