Suggested Reading List
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.
The American
Revolution:
Bird, Harrison, March
to Saratoga: General Burgoyne & the American Campaign, 1777.
Oxford University Press, 1963
Brumwell, Stephen,
White Devil: A True Story of War, Savagery And Vengeance in Colonial America
(2004)
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.
Darling, Anthony D., Red Coat and Brown Bess (1971)
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.
Flexner, James Thomas, The
Traitor and the Spy: Benedict Arnold and John Andre (1991)
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.
McCullough,
David, 1776 (2005)
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.
Neumann, George C., Collectors
Illustrated Encyclopedia of the American Revolution
(1990)
Neumann,
George C.,
Swords and Blades of the American Revolution (1995)
Otten, William L,
Colonel Hamtramck: His life and Times, Volume I Published by William
Otten, Jr., 1997.
Roberts, Kenneth, A Rabble in Arms (1947)
Robson, Eric, The
American Revolution Da Capo Press, New York (1955)
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)
Walsh, John Evangelist, The Execution of Major Andre
(2001)
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:
Borneman,
Walter R, The French
& Indian War: Deciding the Fate of North America. Harper
Perennial, 2006.
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:
Catton, Bruce, Grant Moves South. Little Brown &
Co., 1960.
Catton, Bruce, Grant Takes Command, Little Brown
& Co., 1968
Catton, Bruce, Never Call Retreat. Doubleday, 1965.
Catton, Bruce, Terrible Swift Sword. Doubleday,
1963
Davis, William C., Lincoln's Men: How President Lincoln
Became Father to an Army and a Nation. The Free Press, 1999.
Hughes, Nathaniel Chearis Jr., Bentonville: the Final
Battle of Sherman & Johnston. UNC Press, 1996.
Longstree, James, From Manassas to Appomattox: Memoirs
of the Civil War in America Konecy & Konecy, 1992.
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.
McPherson, James M., Ordeal By Fire: The
Civil War & Reconstruction. McGraw-Hill 1992.
Montgomery, James Stuart, The
Shaping of a Battle: Gettysburg. Chilton Company,
1959.
Potter, David, M., The
Impending Crisis: 1848-1861. Harper Torchbooks,
1976.
Rozwenc, Edwin C., Edit.,
The Causes of the
American Civil War. 2nd Edition. D.C. Heath & Co., 1972.
Wert, Jeffry D., A Brotherhood of Valor: the Common Soldiers
of the Stonewall Brigade, CSA., and the Iron Brigade, USA. Simon &
Schuster, 1999.