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Pioneers
Thinkers Revolutionaries The Inheritors |
Pioneers
Col. Daniel Boone [1734–1820]
entry at Wikipedia
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 | "Daniel Boone: His Own Story" by Daniel Boone [1784] and "The Adventures of Daniel Boone" by Francis Lister Hawks Applewood Books 11x8½ pb [2/96] for $11.21 book text at Early America Archives |
William Penn [1644-1718]
Quaker founder of the Pennsylvania Colony
entry at Wikipedia
Roger Williams [1603-84] of Rhode Island
entry at Wikipedia
Roger Williams Family Assn. [est. 1886; incorp. 1906]
John Winthrop [1587-1649]
Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
entry at Wikipedia
Winthrop Society [est. 1995]
Thinkers
Wm. Blackstone [1723-80]
entry at Wikipedia
David Hume [1711-1776]
entry at Wikipedia
Hume Scoiety [est. 1974]
John Locke [1632-1704]
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I.E.P. pages •
Wikipedia
book "John Locke: Political Writings" [1993]
"Works of John Locke" for Kindle [2008]
Kindle Edition from MobileReference [6/2008] for $2.39
 | "Locke in 90 Minutes" [1999] by Paul Strathern Ivan R. Dee, Publr 8x5 pb [11/99] for $7.95 Ivan R. Dee, Publr 8x5 hardcover [11/99] for $14.95 |
 | "Locke: Political Essays" [1997] Edited by Mark Goldie Cambridge Univ Press 8½x5½ pb [10/97] for $24.99 Cambridge Univ Press 8½x5¾ hardcover [10/97] out of print/used |
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"John Locke: Political Writings" [1993] Edited by David Wootton includes "Second Treatise of Government" [c. 1681] & "A Letter Concerning Toleration" [1685] Hackett Publng 8¼x5¼ pb [3/2003] for $12.95 Hackett Publng 8½x5¾ hardcover [3/2003] for $39.95 |
Montesquieu [1689-1755]
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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy •
Wikipedia
Plutarch [46-127 C.E.]
Wikipedia
Adam Smith [1723-90]
Wikipedia
Revolutionaries
John Adams [1735-1826]
Samuel Adams [1722-1803]
Aaron Burr [1756-1836]
Born in New Jersey; U.S. Senator 1791-97; lost the 1800 presidential election to Thomas Jefferson and became
his Vice President 1801–05; challenged Alexander Hamilton to a duel - Hamilton died of his wounds the next day (1804);
acquitted of treason in 1807; self-exiled to Europe, then practiced law in New York until his death at age 80.
The Aaron Burr Assn. [est. 1946]
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"Fallen Founder: The Life of Aaron Burr" [2007] by Nancy Isenberg Penguin pb [4/2008] for $11.56 Viking 9½x6 hardcover [5/2007] for $15.41 |
 | "Burr: A Novel" [1973] by Gore Vidal
Vintage 8x5¼ pb [5/2000] for $10.85 Ballantine Books mass pb [5/96] out of print/many used Tandem Library 8½x5¼ hardcover [2/2000] for $26.20 |
Ben Franklin [1706-90]
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Wikipedia
 | Franklin: "Silence Dogood", "The Busy-Body" & Early Writings [2005] Edited by J.A. Leo Lemay Library of America 8x5¼ hardcover [10/2005] for $19.80 includes the complete "Silence Dogood" essay series [1722], the famous "Busy-Body" essays [1728–29], and letters & other writings [1726-1775] Franklin: "Autobiography", "Poor Richard" & Later Writings [2005] Edited by J.A. Leo Lemay Library of America 8¼x5¼ hardcover [10/2005] for $21.90 includes Franklin's "Autobiography" [1791; full ms 1868], "Poor Richard" [1733-1758], and later letters & other writings [1757-1790] |
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"Benjamin Franklin" biography [2002] by Edmund S. Morgan Yale Univ Press 7½x5 pb [9/2003] for $12.00 Yale Univ Press 8¼x5¾ hardcover [10/2002] for $20.44 |
Nathan Hale [1755-76]
Alexander Hamilton [1755?-1804]
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 | "Alexander Hamilton" [2004] by Ron Chernow listed as Los Angeles Times Book Review Best of 2004; New York Times bestseller & listed as Best of The Year Penguin 9¼x6 pb [3/2005] for $12.24 Penguin Press 9¼x6½ hardcover [4/2004] for $23.10 |
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Alexander Hamilton: Writings [2001] Edited by Joanne B. Freeman Library of America 8¼x5¼ hardcover [9/2001] for $26.40 170 letters, speeches, essays, reports & memoranda written between 1769 and 1804, including all 51 of Hamilton's contri- butions to The Federalist |
Patrick Henry [1736-99]
Thomas Jefferson [1743-1826] Page
Capt. John Paul Jones [1747-92]
Marquis de Lafayette [1757-1834]
{real name Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier}
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Wikipedia
 | "Lafayette" biography [2002] by Harlow Giles Unger Wiley & Sons 9x6 pb [11/2003] for $13.57 Wiley & Sons 9½x6¼ hardcover [8/2002] for $32.00 |
Richard Henry Lee of Virginia
James Madison [1751-1836]
George Mason [1725–92]
Gouverneur Morris [1752–1816]
Thomas Paine [1737-1809]
wrote the influential pamphlet "Common Sense" in 1776 and the book "Rights of Man" in 1791
Thomas Paine entry at Wikipedia
Thomas Paine Society in Pasadena, CA
Thomas Paine Institute [est. 2004]
Thomas Paine National Historical Assn. [est. 1884] in New Rochelle, NY
online complete works of Thomas Paine [1945 edition]
listed #19 on Atlantic Monthly's "100 Most Influential Americans" (12/2006)
 | "Thomas Paine's Rights of Man: A Biography" [2007] by Christopher Hitchens Atlantic Monthly Press 8¼x5¼ hardcover [7/2007] for $13.57 Tantor Media UNABR audio CD [9/2007] for $16.49 |
 | Thomas Paine: Collected Writings [1995] Edited by Eric Foner Library of America 8x5¼ hardcover [3/95] for $23.10 includes "Common Sense" [1776], "The Crisis" [1776], "Rights of Man" [1791], "The Age of Reason" [1794-1807], and Pamphlets, Articles & Letters |
Paul Revere [1735?-1818]
Haym Solomon [1740–85]
entry at Wikipedia
George Washington [1732-99]: browse books
 | George Washington: Writings [1997] Edited by John Rhodehamel Library of America 8x5¼ hardcover [2/97] for $32.00 |
The Inheritors
John C. Calhoun [1782-1850]
Henry Clay, Sr. [1777-1852]
Chief Justice of the United States John Jay [1745-1829]
Chief Justice of the United States John Marshall [1755-1835]
Founding Documents
Declaration of Independence 4 July 1776 14"x16" art print for 17.99 from AllPosters |
U.S Constitution 17 September 1787 14"x16" art print for 17.99 from AllPosters |
U.S Bill of Rights approved 25 September 1789; ratified 15 December 1791 14"x16" art print for 17.99 from AllPosters |
U.S. Constitution entry at Wikipedia
U.S. Constitution at National Archives website
Declaration of Independence entry at Wikipedia
Declaration of Independence at National Archives website
Bill of Rights entry at Wikipedia
Bill of Rights at National Archives website
 | "Why The Constitution Matters" [2010]  by Mark Tushnet {law professor at Harvard University} Yale Univ Press 7¾x5½ pb [5/2010] for $16.50 |
Non-Fiction Books
U.S. History › Revolution & Founding books catalog at Amazon
 | "1776: The Illustrated Edition" [2007] by David McCullough S&S 12½x9¾ hardcover [10/2007] for $39.00 |
 | "American Creation: Triumphs & Tragedies At The Founding of The Republic" [2007] by Joseph J. Ellis Knopf 9x6½ hardcover [10/2007] for $16.17 |
 | "Almost A Miracle: The American Victory In The War of Independence" [2007] by John Ferling Oxford Univ Press 9½x6½ pb [6/2007] for $19.77 |
 | "The Summer of 1787: The Men Who Invented The Constitution" [2007] by David O. Stewart S&S 9x6 pb [5/2008] for $10.20 S&S 9¼x6½ hardcover [4/2007] for $17.82 |
 | "Moral Minority: Our Skeptical Founding Fathers" [2006] by Brooke Allen Ivan R. Dee pb [10/2007] for $14.95 Ivan R. Dee 8½x6 hardcover [10/2006] for $15.72 |
 | "1776" [2005] by David McCullough S&S 9¼x6 pb [6/2006] for $12.24 S&S hardcover [5/2005] for $21.12 S&S UNABR audio CD [5/2005] for $32.97 |
 | "The Heritage Guide To The Constitution" [2005] by Edwin Meese III, Matthew Spalding & David F. Forte Regnery 10x7½ hardcover [11/2005] for $22.05 |
 | "The Founders On Religion: A Book of Quotations" [2005] by James H. Hutson Princeton Univ Press pb [10/2007] for $10.17 Princeton Univ Press 8½x5½ hardcover [10/2005] for $15.56 |
 | "America's Constitution: A Biography" [2005] by Akhil Reed Amar Random House hardcover [9/2005] for $19.77 author's homepage at Yale |
 | "The Separation of Church and State: Writings On A Fundamental Freedom By America's Founders" [2004] Edited by Forrest Church Beacon Press 7¼x4½ hardcover [8/2004] for $10.88 |
 | ”History of The American Revolution” [orig 1958; rev 2004] Narrative by Bruce Lancaster, Foreword by Thomas Fleming American Heritage/ibooks 11x8½ hardcover[7/2004] for $22.76 ”The American Revolution” [1965] by Bruce Lancaster & J. H. Plumb American Heritage 8¼x5½ pb [6/85] out of print/many used American Heritage/Macmillan hardcover [7/75] out of print/used American Heritage/Dell mass pb [6/65] out of print/used ”The American Heritage Book of The Revolution” [1958] Richard M. Ketchum, Editor in Charge American Heritage hardcover [1/58] out of print/used American Heritage hardcover [1/58] out of print/used |
 | "The Quotable Founding Fathers: A Treasury of 2,500 Wise & Witty Quotations From The Men & Women Who Created America" [2004] Edited by Buckner F. Melton, Jr. Brassey's 9¼x6.3 hardcover [4/2004] for $35.00 |
 | "The Words We Live By: Your Annotated Guide To The Constitution" [2003] by Linda R. Monk Hyperion pb [2/2004] for $10.17 Hyperion 9¼x7¾ hardcover [2/2003] for $16.29 author's website |
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"The Founding Fathers and The Place of Religion In America" [2003] by Frank Lambert Princeton Univ Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [1/2003] for $32.95 see below for History Channel mini-series [2002] |
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"Booknotes Stories From American History: Leading Historians On The Events That Shaped Our Country" [2001] Edited by Brian Lamb (host of Booknotes on C-SPAN) Penguin 9x6 pb [10/2002] for $11.20 Public Affairs 9½x6½ hardcover [11/2001] for $20.97 |
 | "The American Revolution: Writings From The War of Independence" [2001] Edited by John Rhodehamel, Curator of Early American Historical Manuscripts at the Huntington Library in San Marino, California Library of America 11¾x5¼ hardcover [3/2001] for $26.40 includes 120 pieces by more than 70 English-speaking participants, and a chronology of events |
 | "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" [2000] by Joseph J. Ellis Vintage 8x5¼ pb [2/2002] for $10.17 Knopf 9¼x6½ hardcover [10/2000] for $18.15 |
 | "Colonial Women: 23 Europeans Who Helped Build A Nation" [1999] by Carole Chandler Waldrup McFarland & Co. 9x6 pb [7/99] for $29.95 "More Colonial Women: 25 Pioneers of Early America" [2004] by Carole Chandler Waldrup McFarland & Co. 9x6 pb [5/2004] for $29.95 |
 | "The Bill of Rights: Creation & Reconstruction" [1998] by Akhil Reed Amar Yale Univ Press 8¼x5½ pb [4/2000] for $12.89 Yale Univ Press 9½x6½ hardcover [8/98] for $49.49 author's homepage at Yale |
 | "Original Meanings: Politics & Ideas In The Making of The Constitution" [1996] by Jack N. Rakove Vintage 8x5 pb [5/97] for $11.56 Knopf 9½x6½ hardcover [3/96] out of print/many used |
 | "The Debate On The Constitution: Federalist & Anti-Federalist Speeches, Articles & Letters During The Struggle Over Ratification" [1993] Edited by Bernard Bailyn Part One: September 1787 - February 1788 Library of America 8¼x5¼ hardcover [6/93] for $23.10 Part Two: January to August 1788 Library of America 8x5 hardcover [6/93] for $23.10 |
 | "A More Perfect Union: The Story of Our Constitution" [for readers aged 4 to 8; 1987] by Betsy & Giulio Maestro HarperTrophy 11x9 pb [10/90] for $7.99 Sagebrush 11¼x9 hardcover [10/99] for $15.80 HarperCollins 11¼x9½ hardcover [8/87] for $17.88 |
 | "Novus Ordo Seclorum: The Intellectual Origins of The Constitution" [1985] by Forrest McDonald Univ Press of KS 8½x5½ pb [11/86] for $14.95 Univ Press of KS 8¾x5¾ hardcover [11/85] out of print/used |
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"Capitalism and A New Social Order: The Republican Vision of The 1790s" [1984] by Joyce Appleby, as delivered at the Anson G. Phelps Lectureship on Early American History at New York University New York Univ Press 8¾x5¾ pb [8/94] for $16.92 New York Univ Press hardcover [1984] out of print/used |
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"The Creation of The American Republic, 1776-1787" [1969 classic] by Gordon S. Wood "One of the half dozen most important books ever written about the American Revolution." — The New York Times Book Review Univ NC Press 9x6 pb [4/98] for $20.85 Univ NC Press 9½x6½ hardcover [4/98] for $43.16 |
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"A History of The American Revolution" [1969] by John R. Alden Da Capo Press 9x6 pb [9/89] for $21.00 Random House hardcover [2/69] out of print/used |
 | "The Ideological Origins of The American Revolution: Enlarged Edition" [1967 classic] by Bernard Bailyn "a classic of American historical literature"; winner of Pulitzer & Bancroft Prizes Belknap Press 8x5½ pb [3/92] for $20.95 Belknap Press hardcover [12/67] out of print/used |
 | "Miracle At Philadelphia: The Story of The Constitutional Convention, May to September 1787" [1966 classic] by Catherine Drinker Bowen Back Bay Books pb [9/86] for $11.53 Little, Brown 8½x6 hardcover [9/86] out of print/used |
 | "Encyclopedia of The American Revolution" [1966] by Mark M. Boatner III Stackpole 8½x5¾ hardcover [8/94] out of print/used |
 | "The American Political Tradition & The Men Who Made It" [Knopf 1948 classic] by Richard Hofstadter Vintage 8¼x5¼ pb [4/89] for $9.72 A.C.L.S. 9x6 hardcover [12/99] for $45.00 2006 Hofstadter bio by David S. Brown |
http://www.amazon.com/Inheriting-Revolution-First-Generation-Americans/dp/0674006631/
http://www.amazon.com/Revolutionaries-New-History-Invention-America/dp/0618267468/
http://www.amazon.com/Plain-Honest-Men-American-Constitution/dp/0812976843/
Fiction Books
 | "Tempus Fugit: A Novel" [2005] by Lawrence Lee Rowe, Jr. "Some men would be great in any time" Forefathers George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Thomas Jefferson appear in modern times and are forced to adapt the principles of their time to airplanes, Constitutional amendments, World Wars, the Kennedy Assassination, Jerry Springer, emancipated Afro-Americans, and the internet. M.D.R. Press 8½x5½ hardcover [12/2005] for $19.95 |
 | "Johnny One-Eye: A Tale of the American Revolution" [2008] by Jerome Charyn W.W. Norton hardcover [2/2008] for $17.13 |
Movies & Documentaries
 | "History Channel Presents: The Revolution" [2006]
"A 13-part series showcasing the personal stories behind America's fight for independence"; includes behind-the-scenes featurette A&E Home Video color DVD set [12/2006] 4 disks for $28.99 not listed at IMDb (2008) official History Channel series site |
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"Founding Brothers" [indep May 2002]
Co-produced & written by Kelly McPherson, based on the Joseph Ellis book {above}; narration by Edward Herrmann A&E Home Video color DVD [7/2002] 2 disks for $34.99 A&E Home Video color VHS [7/2002] 4 tapes for $37.95 full credits from IMDb |
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"Founding Fathers: Men Who Shaped Our Nation & Changed Our World" [History Channel mini-series 2000] Co-directed by Mark Hufnail; co-written & co-directed by Melissa Jo Peltier; co-written by Max M. Fletcher; narration by Edward Herrmann A&E Home Video color DVD [1/2001] 2 disks for $34.99 full credits from IMDb |
 | "Liberty! The American Revolution" [P.B.S. mini-series Nov 1997]
Co-produced & co-directed by Ellen Hovde & Muffie Meyer; hosted by Forrest Sawyer, narration by Edward Herrmann P.B.S./Paramount color DVD [6/2004] 3 disks for $44.99 P.B.S. Home Video color VHS [6/98] 6 tapes - out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb |
 | "The American Revolution" [History Channel mini-series Nov 1994]
Directed by Lisa Bourgoujian; narration by Charles Durning, Michael Learned, Rick Schroder & Cliff Robertson A&E Home Video color DVD [4/2005] 3 sdisks for $71.99 A&E Home Video color VHS [4/97] 6 tapes out of prodn/used full credits from IMDb |
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"1776" [Columbia Nov 1972] A musical version of the meetings in Philadelphia prior to the signing of the Declaration of Independence. Directed by Peter H. Hunt; based on the Broadway musical by Sherman Edwards & Peter Stone; starring William Daniels, Howard Da Silva, Ken Howard & Blythe Danner Col/TriStar color DVD [7/2002] for $22.46 Col/TriStar color VHS [4/91] for $17.99 Col/TriStar color VHS [8/98] out of stock/used full credits from IMDb |
Links
Spirit of America’s U.S. History Timeline - up to 1800
Spirit of America’s U.S. Presidents Pages
Founding Fathers entry at Wikipedia
Archiving Early America website
National Society of The Sons of The American Revolution [est. 1876]
Daughters of The American Revolution [est. 1890]
Revolutionary War & The War of 1812 Section
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