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Lexington and Concord: The Beginning of the War of the American Revolution

5 best books like Lexington and Concord: The Beginning of the War of the American Revolution (Arthur Bernon Tourtellot): A Queer History of the United States, Admiral of the Ocean Sea: A Life of Christopher Columbus, Managing Ignatius: The Lunacy of Lucky Dogs and Life in New Orleans, Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for America's Independence, The First Wave: The D-Day Warriors Who Led the Way to Victory in World War II

A Queer History of the United States
AuthorMichael Bronski
ISBN0807044393
Winner of a 2012 Stonewall Book Award in nonfiction

The first book to cover the entirety of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender history, from pre-1492 to the present.

In the 1620s, Thomas Morton broke from Plymouth Colony and founded Merrymount, which celebrated same-sex desire,...
Admiral of the Ocean Sea: A Life of Christopher Columbus
AuthorSamuel Eliot Morison
ISBN0316584789
Columbus: the vile, despicable villain, who brought torture, tragedy, and terror to the American continents--a founding father of white male arrogance and bigotry.

That is the most common depiction of the 15th century Genoese explorer that I come across from colleagues, media, and academics...
Managing Ignatius: The Lunacy of Lucky Dogs and Life in New Orleans
AuthorJerry Strahan
ISBN0767903242
In the 1960s John Kennedy Toole wrote the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel A Confederacy of Dunces, which details the uproarious misadventures of Ignatius J. Reilly, an overweight genius misfit. Though he has visions of grandeur, Ignatius winds up selling wienies for Paradise Vendors, Inc. (the fictional...
Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for America's Independence
AuthorCarol Berkin
ISBN1400075327
The American Revolution was a home-front war that brought scarcity, bloodshed, and danger into the life of every American. In this groundbreaking history, Carol Berkin shows us how women played a vital role throughout the conflict.

The women of the Revolution were most active at home, organizing...
The First Wave: The D-Day Warriors Who Led the Way to Victory in World War II
AuthorAlex Kershaw
ISBN0451490053
The New York Times bestselling author of The Liberator and Avenue of Spies returns with an utterly immersive, adrenaline-driven account of D-Day combat.

"Meet the assaulters: Pathfinders plunging from the black, coxswains plowing the whitecaps, bareknuckle Rangers scaling sheer rock......
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