American Colonial and Revolutionary War Resources
Internet Resources
American Revolution Center
Wallbuilders
Videos
John Adams (HBO)
The Patriot, starring Mel Gibson
Print and Media Resources
Biographies
John Adams by David McCullough
Gentleman Johnny Burgoyne by F. J. Hudleston
Benjamin Franklin: A Biography by Ronald W. Clark
Patrick Henry by Norine Dickson Campbell
Patrick Henry by Moses Coit Tyler
Sarah Winston Syme Henry: Mother of Patrick Henry by Eva C. Hartless
Joseph Warren by John Cary
Washington: The Indispensable Man by James Thomas Flexner
Founding Father: Rediscovering George Washington by Richard Brookhiser
An Imperfect God: George Washington, His Slaves, and the Creation of America by Henry Wiencek
Lives of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence by B. J. Lossing
Boston
The Boston Massacre by Hiller B. Zobel
Boston Ways by George F. Weston, Jr.
Colonial Life
Home Life in Colonial Days by Alice Morse Earle (reprint of 1898 ed.)
Colonial Dames of America, Herbs and Herb Lore of Colonial America (Dover Publications)
Virginians at Home: Family Life in the Eighteenth Century by Edmund S. Morgan
The American Revolution: Mirror of a People by William Peirce Randel
A Guide to Assembling a Woman’s Basic 18th Century Wardrobe by Mara Riley
Travels in the Colonies in 1773–1775 Described in the Letters of William Mylne, ed. by Ted Ruddock
Revolutionary Medicine, 1700–1800 by C. Keith Wilbur
New York
Divided Loyalties: How the American Revolution Came to New York by Richard M. Ketchum
Overview
The Bold and Magnificent Dream: America’s Founding Years 1492–1815 by Bruce Catton and William B. Catton
A Struggle for Power: The American Revolution by Theodore Draper
American Colonies by Alan Taylor
The War on Land
Revolutionary Outlaws: Ethan Allen and the Struggle for Independence on the Early American Frontier by Michael A. Bellesiles
The First American Army: The Untold Story of George Washington and the Men Behind America’s First Fight for Freedom by Bruce Chadwick
Almost a Miracle: The American Victory in the War of Independence by John Ferling
Paul Revere’s Ride and Washington’s Crossing by David Hackett Fischer
Decisive Day: The Battle for Bunker Hill; Winter Soldiers; and Saratoga by Richard M. Ketchum
Historical Sites
Colonial Williamsburg
Old Sturbridge Village
Longfellow's Wayside Inn
