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  • George Washington's War

    The Forging of a Revolutionary Leader and the American Presidency

    by Bruce Chadwick Ph.D. ...
    How a young general shaped a nation — a fascinating account of George Washington as he faced a war and came out as America's first presidentThe American Revolution was won not on the battlefields, but through the mind of George Washington. One of America's founding fathers, Washington's story is one that influenced how our entire nation was built. A compulsively readable narrative and extensive ... Read more

    $13.09 USD

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  • Washington

    A Life (Pulitzer Prize Winner)

    by Ron Chernow ...
    **From the author of Alexander Hamilton, the New York Times bestselling biography that inspired the musical, comes a gripping portrait of the first president of the United States.Winner of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for Biography“Truly magnificent . . . [a] well-researched, well-written and absolutely definitive biography” —Andrew Roberts, The Wall Street Journal“Until recently, I’d never believed ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

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  • First Family

    Abigail and John Adams

    by Joseph J. Ellis ...
    The Pulitzer Prize–winning, best-selling author of Founding Brothers and His Excellency brings America’s preeminent first couple to life in a moving and illuminating narrative that sweeps through the American Revolution and the republic’s tenuous early years.John and Abigail Adams left an indelible and remarkably preserved portrait of their lives together in their personal correspondence: both ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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  • James Madison

    A Life Reconsidered

    by Lynne Cheney ...
    A major new biography of the fourth president of the United States by New York Times bestselling author Lynne CheneyLin-Manuel Miranda's play "Hamilton" has reignited interest in the founding fathers; it features James Madison among its vibrant cast of characters. This majestic new biography of James Madison explores the astonishing story of a man of vaunted modesty who audaciously changed the ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • The Intimate Life of Alexander Hamilton

    by Allan McLane Hamilton ...
    The life of Alexander Hamilton is certainly one of great complexity and controversy and, as a result, has been of great interest to the general public for centuries. In the past two hundred years, there have been many accounts of Hamilton’s life-mostly commenting on his political personality rather than his character, but none have touched upon the private life of the man quite like The Intimate ... Read more

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  • Life of George Washington by Marshall, Lodge, and Thayer, all 8 volumes

    by John Marshall, Henry Cabot Lodge, William Roscoe Thayer ...
    The classic five-volume biography by John Marshall, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, plus the two-volume biography by Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, plus the one-volume biography by Thayer. According to Wikipedia: "George Washington (February 22, 1732 [O.S. February 11, 1731 December 14, 1799) served as the first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797 and as the commander of the ... Read more

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  • Washington's Masonic Correspondence

    Enriched edition. As Found among the Washington Papers in the Library of Congress

    by George Washington, Quentin Walton ...
    In "Washington's Masonic Correspondence," the esteemed first President of the United States, George Washington, offers a compelling collection of his letters, reflecting deep insights into the principles of Freemasonry and its influence on his life and leadership. The work is characterized by Washington's eloquent prose and thoughtful reflections, which provide a glimpse into the Masonic values of ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Autobiography and Other Writings

    by Benjamin Franklin ...
    This authoritative Bantam Classic edition presents readers with a wide-ranging selection of Benjamin Franklin’s most important writings, illuminating the complex and appealing character of this quintessential American who rose to fame as a publisher, inventor, educator, bon vivant, and statesman.Here are selections from Franklin’s newspaper articles, from the sage wisdom of Poor Richard’s Almanac, ... Read more

    $5.99 USD

  • The First of Men

    A Life of George Washington

    by John E. Ferling ...
    Written by John Ferling, one of America's leading historians of the Revolutionary era, The First of Men offers an illuminating portrait of George Washington's life, with emphasis on his military and political career. Here is a riveting account that captures Washington in all his complexity, recounting not only Washington's familiar sterling qualities--courage, industry, ability to make difficult ... Read more

    $16.19 USD

  • The Three Lives of James Madison

    Genius, Partisan, President

    by Noah Feldman ...
    A sweeping reexamination of the Founding Father who transformed the United States in each of his political “lives”—as a revolutionary thinker, partisan political strategist, and president“In order to understand America and its Constitution, it is necessary to understand James Madison.”—Walter Isaacson, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Leonardo da VinciOver the course of his life,James ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • Adams vs. Jefferson

    The Tumultuous Election of 1800

    by John Ferling ...
    Series series Pivotal Moments in American History
    It was a contest of titans: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, two heroes of the Revolutionary era, once intimate friends, now icy antagonists locked in a fierce battle for the future of the United States. The election of 1800 was a thunderous clash of a campaign that climaxed in a deadlock in the Electoral College and led to a crisis in which the young republic teetered on the edge of collapse. ... Read more

    $15.19 USD

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  • Avenging the People

    Andrew Jackson, the Rule of Law, and the American Nation

    by J.M. Opal ...
    Most Americans know Andrew Jackson as a frontier rebel against political and diplomatic norms, a "populist" champion of ordinary people against the elitist legacy of the Founding Fathers. Many date the onset of American democracy to his 1829 inauguration. Despite his reverence for the "sovereign people," however, Jackson spent much of his career limiting that sovereignty, imposing new and often ... Read more

    $18.99 USD