Bibliography of the American Revolutionary War

The following bibliography includes notable books concerning the American Revolutionary War. These books are listed in the bibliographies of books by prominent historians as shown in the footnotes. Under construction: This article is being expanded and revised.

Background to the war

Maps and atlases

General references and surveys

Battles and campaigns

Battles of Lexington and Concord

Battle of Monmouth

Battles of Trenton and Princeton

Canadian campaign

New York campaign

New York City area after 1777

Philadelphia campaign

Saratoga Campaign

Siege of Boston

Southern theater 178082

Yorktown Campaign

Spies, intelligence and espionage

States, regions, and cities

New Jersey

New York

Pennsylvania

Naval

Unit histories

British units


American units


French units

Uniforms and equipment

Strategy, command, and supply

Medical

Biographies

British and allies biographies


American biographies


Benedict Arnold

Benjamin Franklin

Nathanael Greene

John Hancock

Thomas Jefferson

Henry Knox

Henry Lee

Francis Marion

Israel Putnam

George Washington

Anthony Wayne

French biographies

Politics

Diplomacy

Women, minorities, and religious groups

Books For Children

Primary sources

Memoirs

Other

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Ferling, John. Independence: The Struggle to Set America Free. New York: Bloomsbury Press, 2011. ISBN 978-1-60819-008-9. pp. 365371.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Bibliography of works published primarily by university/academic presses since 2006 on early American topics in The Junto. "The Junto is a group blog made up of junior early Americanists—graduate students and junior faculty—dedicated to providing content of general interest to other early Americanists and those interested in early American history, as well as a forum for discussion of relevant historical and academic topics."
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 O'Shaughnessy, Andrew Jackson. The Men Who Lost America: British Leadership, the American Revolution, and the Fate of Empire. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2013. ISBN 978-0-300-19107-3.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Beeman, Richard. Our Lives, Our Fortunes & Our Sacred Honor: The Forging of American Independence, 1774-1776. New York: Basic Books, 2013. ISBN 978-0-465-02629-6. pp. 437477.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 McCullough, David. 1776. New York: Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2006. First published by Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2005. ISBN 0933852533. (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize.) pp. 351364.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Spring, Matthew H. With Zeal and With Bayonets Only: The British Army on Campaign in North America, 17751783. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 2010. ISBN 978-0-8061-4152-7. Originally published in hard cover, 2008. pp. 356362.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 Ferling, John. Almost a Miracle: The American Victory in the War of Independence. New York: Oxford University Press, 2007. ISBN 978-0-19-518121-0.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Palmer, Dave R. George Washington's Military Genius. Washington, DC: Regnery Publishing, Inc., 2012. ISBN 978-1-59698-791-3.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Golway, Terry. Washington's General: Nathanael Green and the Triumph of the American Revolution. New York: Henry Holt & Company, 2006. ISBN 978-0-8050-8005-6.
  10. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Borkow, Richard, George Washington's Westchester Gamble: The Encampment on the Hudson & the Trapping of Cornwallis. Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2011. ISBN 978-1-60949-039-3. pp. 179183.
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 Tonsetic, Robert L. 1781: The Decisive Year of the Revolutionary War. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Casemate, 2011. ISBN 978-1-61200-063-3. pp. 241246.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Ward, * Christopher. John Richard Alden, ed. The War of the Revolution. New York: Skyhorse Publishing, 2011. ISBN 978-1-61608-080-8. Originally published Old Saybrook, CT: Konecky & Konecky, 1952. pp.943954.
  13. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Tonsetic, Robert L. Special Operations During the American Revolution. Philadelphia, Oxford: Casemate Publishers, 2013. ISBN 978-1-61200-165-4. pp. 259262.
  14. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Borick, Carl P. A Gallant Defense: The Siege of Charleston, 1780. Columbia, SC: University of South Carolina Press, 2003. Paperback edition 2012. ISBN 978-1-57003-487-9. pp. 307316.
  15. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Nelson, James L. George Washington's Great Gamble: And the Sea Battle That Won the American Revolution. New York: McGraw-Hill, 2010. ISBN 978-0-07-162679-8. pp. 365369.
  16. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Commager, Henry Steele and Richard B. Morris, eds. The Spirit of 'Seventy-Six': The Story of the American Revolution as told by Participants. New York: Da Capo Press, 1995. ISBN 978-0-306-80620-9. Originally published: Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1958. pp. 12991319.
  17. Ferling, 2007, lists this under "Battles, Campaigns and Events of the War."
  18. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Piecuch, Jim, ed. Cavalry of the American Revolution. Yardley, PA: Westholme Publishing, LLC, 2012. ISBN 978-1-59416-154-4. pp. 261265.
  19. Ferling, 2007, p. 578.
  20. Ferling, 2007, p. 579.
  21. 1 2 Ferling, 2007, p. 605.
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