This
is just the start. We will add more titles to the list as we
get deeper into this. Please feel free to contact us and suggest
some titles. These can be titles for the general reader, the
scholar or for our students. These titles are broken down by
general topic area. Refinement will occur in the future. We
also suggest that you take a look at our course offerings as
some of them have extensive reading lists.
The
American Revolution:
Conley,
Jan Sheldon, The Battle of Fort Montgomery:
A Short History Purple Mountain Press, 2002.
Cumming, W.P., & Hugh
Rankin, The Fate of a Nation: The American Revolution Through
Contemporary Eyes Phaidon Press LTD, 1975.
Fisher, C, The
Most Advantageous Situation in the Highlands: An Archaeological Study of
Fort Montgomery State Historic Site. Cultural Resources Survey Program
Series No. 2. New York State Museum, (2004).
Fleming, Thomas,
Liberty!: The American Revolution, Viking, 1997. Lots of
pictures and some good maps. Good source on the whole for the general reader.
Hamilton, Edward P, Fort
Ticonderoga: Key to a Continent. Massachusetts Historical Society,
1964.
Heller,
Charles, & William A. Stofft, America's First Battles,
1776-1965. University Press of Kansas, 1986. The first
chapter on the Battle of Long Island (27 August 1776), the second chapter
on the Battle of Queenston Heights (13 October 1812) and the fourth chapter
on the First Battle of Bull Run (19 July 1861) would be the most helpful
for a Living History program.
Ketchum, Richard, Saratoga: Turning Point of America's
Revolutionary War Owl Books, 1997.
Ketchum, Richard, Decisive
Day: The Battle for Bunker Hill Owl Books (May 15,
1999)
Lancaster, Bruce,The
American Revolution Mariner Books, 2001.
Maier, Pauline, American Scripture: Making the Declaration
of Independence. Alfred A. Knopf, 1997. Perhaps this
is a bit out of the range of what a living history program is trying to
accomplish, but it is a good read and might be a good book for outside
reading.
Martin, Joseph
Plumb, Edited by George F.Scheer, Private Yankee Doodle: Being
a Narrative of the Some of the Adventures, Dangers and Sufferings of a
Revolutionary Soldier Little Brown & Co., 1962. There
may be new editions, but this is the edition I have. Very good annotated
journal of a Rev War soldier in his own words.
Otten, William
L, Colonel Hamtramck: His life and Times, Volume I Published
by William Otten, Jr., 1997.
Royster, Charles, A
Revolutionary People at War: The Continental Army and American Character,
1775-1783. W.W. Norton, 1979.
Schecter, Barnet, The
Battle for New York, Penguin Books, 2002.
Wahlke, John C., The
Causes of the American Revolution D.C. Heath and Co., 1973 (new
edition possible)
Wood, Gordon S, The
Radicalism of the of the American Revolution. Alfred A. Knopf, 1992.
Wood, Gordon S, The
Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787. W.W. Norton,
1969.
The French & Indian/7
Years War:
Anderson,
Fred, Crucible
of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British
North America, 1754-1766, Vintage
Books 2001. Outstanding read on the French & Indian
War. Could be good background for a teacher or an interested
student.
Hamilton, Edward
P, Fort Ticonderoga: Key to a Continent. Massachusetts
Historical Society, 1964.
With
Regard to the Indians:
Jennings,
Francis. The Invasion of America: Indians, Colonialism & the
Cant of Conquest. W.W. Norton, 1975.
Cultural
Titles:
Greene,
Jack P. Pursuits of
Happiness: The Socal Development of Early ModernBritish
Colonies and the Formation of American Culture. University
of North Carolina Press, 1988. This
is a fascinating read on the development of American culture
by looking at the its British roots.
Grose, Francis. The
1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. Not copyrighted
in the US. Can be downloaded here http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/5402
Women:
Kerber,
Linda K, Women
of the Republic: Intellect & Ideology in Revolutionary
America. W.W. Norton, 1980.
Ulrich, Laurel
Thatcher, A Midwife's Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard,
Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812. Vintage Books, 1991. Great
primary source for getting students understand how difficult
life int he new nation was and how strong women had to be in
order to survive.
The
Civil War:
Luvaas,
Jay & Harold W. Nelson, Guide to the Battle
of Gettysburg. University Press of Kansas, 1994. "A
day-by-day and hour-by-hour account of one of the bloodiest...battles
in history."
Rozwenc, Edwin C.,
Edit., The Causes
of the American Civil War. 2nd Edition. D.C. Heath & Co., 1972.
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