George vs. George: The American Revolution As Seen from Both Sides

10 best books like George vs. George: The American Revolution As Seen from Both Sides (Rosalyn Schanzer): Flygirl, George Washington, Spymaster: How the Americans Outspied the British and Won the Revolutionary War, The Boston Tea Party, One Dead Spy, George Washington's Teeth, Worst of Friends: Thomas Jefferson, John Adams and the True Story of an American Feud, The Underground Abductor (An Abolitionist Tale about Harriet Tubman), The New Nation: 1789-1850, John, Paul, George & Ben, Lafayette!

Flygirl
AuthorSherri L. Smith
ISBN0399247092
Ida Mae Jones dreams of flight. Her daddy was a pilot and being black didn't stop him from fulfilling his dreams. But her daddy's gone now, and being a woman, and being black, are two strikes against her.

When America enters the war with Germany and Japan, the Army creates the WASP, the Women Airforce...
George Washington, Spymaster: How the Americans Outspied the British and Won the Revolutionary War
AuthorThomas B. Allen
ISBN1426300417
Now in paperback—the award-winning National Geographic book that presents the untold story of the invisible war behind the American Revolution. A riveting tale of intrigue, spies, counterspies and secret agents, George Washington, Spymasteris a unique and entertaining account of one of the...
AuthorRussell Freedman
ISBN0823422666
Follow a crowd of disguised protestors through the quiet streets of colonial Boston as they defend their right to control their own destinies.

Russell Freedman's engaging narrative, incorporating meticulous research and quotes from contemporary accounts, follows the rising tensions...
One Dead Spy
AuthorNathan Hale
Alternate cover edition here.

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...
AuthorDeborah Chandra
ISBN0374325340
A tongue-in-cheek dental history of our first President

"Poor George had two teeth in his mouth
The day the votes came in.
The people had a President,
But one afraid to grin."

From battling toothaches while fighting the British, to having rotten teeth removed by his dentists,...
AuthorSuzanne Tripp Jurmain
ISBN0525479031
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson were good friends with very different personalities. But their differing views on how to run the newly created United States turned them into the worst of friends. They each became leaders of opposing political parties, and their rivalry followed them to the White House....
AuthorNathan Hale
ISBN1419715364
Araminta Ross was born a slave in Delaware in the early 19th century. Slavery meant that her family could be ripped apart at any time, and that she could be put to work in dangerous places and for abusive people. But north of the Mason-Dixon line, slavery was illegal. If she could run away and make it north...
AuthorJoy Hakim
Beginning with George Washington's inauguration and continuing into the nineteenth century, The New Nation tells the story of the remarkable challenges that the freshly formed United States faced. Thomas Jefferson's purchase of the Louisiana Territories (bought from France at a mere four cents...
AuthorLane Smith
ISBN0786848936

Once there were four lads...
John [Hancock],
Paul [Revere],
George [Washington],
and Ben [Franklin].

Oh yes, there was also Tom [Jefferson], but he was annoyingly independent and hardly ever around.
These lads were always getting into trouble for one reason...
Lafayette!
AuthorNathan Hale
ISBN1419731483
The Frenchman who changed the course of the American Revolution.

Gilbert du Motier became the Marquis de Lafayette at a young age, but he was not satisfied with the comforts of French nobility—he wanted adventure!

A captain at eighteen and a major general by nineteen, he was eager...
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