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Steve Sheinkin

During many years spent writing American history textbooks, Steve Sheinkin filled fat files with all the amazing stories and surprising quotes that texbook editors would never let him use. Now he is finally using all that material to write history books that kids will actually want to read. He has also written Which Way to the Wild West?, which relates the breathtaking adventure of Americas westward expansion, and Two Miserable Presidents, the amazing and terrible tale of the Civil War. Steve lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife and daughter.

Tim Robinson

Tim Robinsons work has graced the pages of many childrens books and appears regularly in major newspapers and magazines. He lives in Croton-on-Hudson, New York, with his wife, Marguerite, and their two sons, Wyatt and Luke.

When I tell people about what I do for a living, some say it sounds like dream, and some say it sounds like a nightmare. I spend long days in libraries, reading tall stacks of books and taking tons of notes. When I find a story or character I like, I follow leads from one book to another, in search of more details. I sometimes think of myself as a kind of detectivea story detective.

The point is, I ended up reading hundreds of books while writing King George: What Was His Problem? Below is a list of the books I found most helpful. If you want to learn more about the people and events of the American Revolution, this list would be a good place to start. I hope its helpful.

Books About the American Revolution

I started my research by reading a bunch of books about the American Revolutionbooks that cover the entire war. When you read books like this you dont get too much detail about any one person or event, but you get a great overall picture of what happened and why.

Alden, John R. A History of the American Revolution. New York: Da Capo Press, 1969.

Bobrick, Benson. Angel in the Whirlwind: The Triumph of the American Revolution. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1997.

Cook, Don. The Long Fuse: How England Lost the American Colonies. New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1995.

Evans, Elizabeth. Weathering the Storm: Women of the American Revolution. New York: Scribner, 1975.

Harvey, Robert. A Few Bloody Noses: The American War of Independence. London: John Murray, 2001.

Hibbert, Christopher. Redcoats and Rebels: The American Revolution Through British Eyes. London: Grafton, 1990.

Ketchum, Richard, M., ed. The American Heritage Book of the Revolution. New York: American Heritage Publishing, 1958.

Leckie, Robert. George Washingtons War: The Saga of the American Revolution. New York: HarperCollins, 1992.

Lossing, Benson John. Pictorial Field Book of the American Revolution. New York: Harper & Brothers, 1859.

Russell, David Lee. The American Revolution in the Southern Colonies. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co., 2000.

Symonds, Craig L. Battlefield Atlas of the Revolution . Cartography by William J. Clipson. Annapolis, Md.: Nautical & Aviation Pub. Co., 1986.

Ward, Christopher. The War of the Revolution. New York: Macmillan Company, 1952.

Books about the events leading to the American Revolution

After working through the books above, I started looking for sources that describe the causes of the Revolution. I also read a couple of great books about those exciting first few moments of the fight for independencemy favorite was Lexington and Concord: The Beginning of the War of the American Revolution .

Galvin, John R. The Minute Men: The First Fight: Myths and Realities of the American Revolution. Washington, D.C.: Pergamon-Brasseys International Defense Publisher, 1989.

Langguth, A.J. Patriots: The Men Who Started the American Revolution. New York: Touchstone, 1988.

Maier, Pauline. From Resistance to Revolution: Colonial Radicals and the Development of American Opposition to Britain, 1765-1776. New York: Knopf, 1972.

Shy, John. Toward Lexington: The Role of the British Army in the Coming of the American Revolution. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1965.

Tourtellot, Arthur B. Lexington and Concord: The Beginning of the War of the American Revolution. New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1963.

Books about specific Revolution battles or subjects

As I worked on each chapter, I was always on the lookout for cool stories and quotes from specific eventslike Washingtons surprise attack at Trenton, or the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Here are some books I read to learn about these events. Since these books focus on just one subject, they give you lots more detail than the more general books listed above.

Bakeless, John Edwin. Turncoats, Traitors, and Heroes. Philadelphia: Lippincott, 1959.

Chidsey, Donald Barr. Victory at Yorktown. New York: Crown Publishers, 1962. Dwyer, William M. The Day Is Ours!: November 1776January 1777: An Inside View of the Battles of Trenton and Princeton. New York: Viking Press, 1983.

Evans, Elizabeth. Weathering the Storm: Women of the American Revolution. New York: Scribner, 1975.

Ketchum, Richard M. Decisive Day: The Battle for Bunker Hill . New York: H. Holt, 1999.

. Saratoga: Turning Point of Americas Revolutionary War. New York: H. Holt, 1997.

. The Winter Soldiers: The Battles for Trenton and Princeton. New York: Henry Holt, 1999.

Maier, Pauline. American Scripture: Making the Declaration of Independence. New York: Random House, 1998.

Neimeyer, Charles Patrick. America Goes to War: A Social History of the Continental Army. New York: New York University Press, 1996.

Schecter, Barnet. The Battle for New York: The City at the Heart of the American Revolution. New York: Walker & Co., 2002.

Schoenbrun, David. Triumph in Paris: The Exploits of Benjamin Franklin. New York: Harper & Row, 1976.

Vanderbilt, Gertrude Lefferts. The Social History of Flatbush, and Manners and Customs of the Dutch Settlers in Kings County. New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1881.

Van Doren, Carl. Secret History of the American Revolution. New York: Viking Press, 1941.

Wildes, Harry Emerson. Valley Forge. New York: Macmillan Company, 1938.

Wills, Garry. Inventing America: Jeffersons Declaration of Independence. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1978.

Biographies of major Revolution figures

Every story needs its main characters, right? And one of the best ways to find out about the key players of the American Revolution is to read biographies about them. I often read entire biographies in search of just one or two interesting details to help bring the character to life.

Arnold, Isaac Newton. The Life of Benedict Arnold: His Patriotism and Treason. Chicago: Jansen, McClurg & Co., 1880.

Brands, H.W. The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin. New York: Doubleday, 2000.

Brookhiser, Richard. Alexander Hamilton: American. New York: Touchstone, 1999. Chernow, Ron. Alexander Hamilton. New York: Penguin Press, 2004.

Chidsey, Donald Barr. The World of Samuel Adams. Nashville: T. Nelson, 1974. Clark, Ronald William. Benjamin Franklin: A Biography. New York: Random House, 1983.

. George Washington in. the American Revolution . Boston: Little, Brown, 1968.

Flexner, James Thomas. The Traitor and the Spy: Benedict Arnold and John Andre. Syracuse, N.Y.: Syracuse University Press, 1991.

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