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Arnold, Benedict 1741-1801 Generals Biography United States HISTORY / United States / General Military operations, Naval Presidents United States Privateering United States United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Biography United States History Revolution, 1775-1783 Secret service Washington, George 1732-1799Summary: This biography of the Revolutionary-era "villain" overturns every myth and image we have of him. The narrative of America's founding is filled with godlike geniuses--and then there was Aaron Burr. Generations have been told Burr was a betrayer--of Hamilton, of his country, of those with nobler ideas. All untrue: the politically aggressive Hamilton was preoccupied with Burr and subverted Burr's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2007
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BurrPhilbrick, Nathaniel
Summary: In the summer of 1776, Washington's army in Brooklyn and New York City faced one of the largest invading forces ever assembled by the British Empire. After suffering a series of devastating defeats, Washington's vulnerable and dejected troops were forced to evacuate the southern tip of Manhattan Island. Three weeks later, however, near the Canadian border, one of his favorite and most talented...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.382 PhilbRubin Stuart, Nancy
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Publisher / Publication Date: Beacon Press 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.309 StuartSchiff, Stacy
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 AdamsMeltzer, Brad
Summary: In 1776, an elite group of soldiers were handpicked to serve as George Washington's bodyguards. Washington trusted them; relied on them. But unbeknownst to Washington, some of them were part of a treasonous plan. In the months leading up to the Revolutionary War, these traitorous soldiers, along with the Governor of New York William Tryon and Mayor David Mathews, launched a deadly plot against...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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Summary: Eleven-year-old Nathaniel Knox becomes caught up in a gunfight between American and British troops during the American Revolution.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Non-fiction, Call number: J 741.5 TarshisHale, Nathan
Summary: 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.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Amulet Books 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Non-fiction, Call number: J 741.5 HaleKilmeade, Brian.
Summary: When General George Washington beat a hasty retreat from New York City in August 1776, many thought the American Revolution might soon be over. Instead, Washington rallied--thanks in large part to a little-known, top-secret group called the Culper Spy Ring. Washington realized that he couldn't beat the British with military might, so he recruited a sophisticated and deeply secretive...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.410 KilmKent, Zachary.
Summary: Traces the life of the Virginia surveyor, soldier, and plantation owner who became the first president of the United States.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Childrens Press 1986
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1 available in Juvenile Non-fiction, Call number: J 921 WasAllen, Thomas B.
Summary: A biography of Revolutionary War general and first President of the United States, George Washington, focusing on his use of spies to gather intelligence that helped the colonies win the war.
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Publisher / Publication Date: National Geographic 2004
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1 available in Juvenile Non-fiction, Call number: J 973.385 AllenLeckie, Robert.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Castle Books 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.2 Leckie 2020Cheney, Lynne V.
Summary: A group portrait of America's first four presidents from Virginia focuses on a series of key historical episodes that illustrate how the myriad leadership roles of Washington, Jefferson, Madison and Monroe promoted transcendental, if contradictory, national views about freedom and equality.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.09 CheneyDolin, Eric Jay
Summary: "The best-selling author of Black Flags, Blue Waters reclaims the daring freelance sailors who proved essential to the winning of the Revolutionary War. The heroic story of the founding of the U.S. Navy during the Revolution has been told before, yet missing from most maritime histories of America's first war is the ragtag fleet of private vessels, from 20-foot whaleboats to 40-cannon...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W. W. Norton & Company 2022