Henry Knox: Visionary General of the American Revolution
9 best books like Henry Knox: Visionary General of the American Revolution (Mark Puls): Jefferson and the Rights of Man, In the Hurricane's Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown, Things That Matter: Three Decades of Passions, Pastimes and Politics, The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin, Nathanael Greene: A Biography of the American Revolution, Robert Morris: Financier of the American Revolution, Lafayette, The Drillmaster of Valley Forge: The Baron de Steuben and the Making of the American Army, To Begin the World Anew: The Genius and Ambiguities of the American Founders
| Author | Dumas Malone |
| ISBN | 0316544736 |
The second volume in this Pulitzer Prize-winning biography tells the story of the eventful middle years in the life of Thomas Jefferson: his ministry to France in the years just before the French Revolution and during the early stages of that conflict; his service as secretary of state in President...
In the Hurricane's Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown
| Author | Nathaniel Philbrick |
| ISBN | 0525426760 |
The thrilling story of the Revolutionary War finale from the New York Times bestselling author of In the Heart of the Sea and Valiant Ambition.
Here is the story of the remarkable year leading up to the siege of Yorktown. It sets Washington against his traitorous nemesis Benedict Arnold and...
Things That Matter: Three Decades of Passions, Pastimes and Politics
| Author | Charles Krauthammer |
| ISBN | 0385349173 |
From America’s preeminent columnist, named by the Financial Times the most influential commentator in the nation, the long-awaited collection of Charles Krauthammer’s essential, timeless writings.
A brilliant stylist known for an uncompromising honesty that challenges...
The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin
| Author | Gordon S. Wood |
| ISBN | 0143035282 |
From the most respected chronicler of the early days of the Republic and winner of both the Pulitzer and Bancroft prizes comes a landmark work that rescues Benjamin Franklin from a mythology that has blinded generations of Americans to the man he really was and makes sense of aspects of his life and career...
| Author | Gerald M. Carbone |
| ISBN | 0230602711 |
When the Revolutionary War began, Nathanael Greene was a private in the militia, the lowest rank possible, yet he emerged from the war with a reputation as George Washington's most gifted and dependable officer--celebrated as one of three most important generals. Upon taking command of America's...
| Author | Charles Rappleye |
| ISBN | 1416570918 |
In this biography, the acclaimed author of Sons of Providence, winner of the 2007 George Wash- ington Book Prize, recovers an immensely important part of the founding drama of the country in the story of Robert Morris, the man who financed Washington’s armies and the American Revolution. Morris...
| Author | Harlow Giles Unger |
| ISBN | 0471468851 |
Acclaim for Lafayette
"I found Mr. Unger's book exceptionally well done. It's an admirable account of the marquis's two revolutions-one might even say his two lives-the French and the American. It also captures the private Lafayette and his remarkable wife, Adrienne, in often moving detail."...
| Author | Paul Lockhart |
| ISBN | 0061451630 |
“A terrific biography….The dramatic story of how the American army that beat the British was forged has never been better told than in this remarkable book.”
—Doris Kearns Goodwin, New York Times bestselling author of Team of Rivals
The true story of the Baron de Steuben...
| Author | Bernard Bailyn |
| ISBN | 0375413774 |
With these character sketches of key figures of the American Revolution and illuminating probes of its circumstances, Bernard Bailyn reveals the ambiguities, complexities, and uncertainties of the founding generation as well as their achievements.
Using visual documentation—portraits,...
