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Omaha Picks: Revolutionary Reads

Celebrate Independence Day by reading one of these books about the Revolutionary War and the start of the Great American Experiment.

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  • A Revolutionary Friendship

    Washington, Jefferson, and the American Republic

    Cogliano, Francis D.,
    BookCambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2024. — 973.4 Cogliano 2024
  • This Fierce People

    the Untold Story of America's Revolutionary War in the South

    Crawford, Alan Pell,
    BookNew York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2024. — 975 Crawford 2024
  • Washington's Gay General

    the Legends and Loves of Baron Von Steuben

    Trujillo, Josh
    Graphic NovelNew York : Abrams ComicArts 2023. — GRAPHIC NOVEL B Steuben Trujillo
  • Rebels at Sea

    Privateering in the American Revolution

    Dolin, Eric Jay,
    BookNew York : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2022] — 973.3 Dolin 2022
  • John Adams Under Fire

    the Founding Father's Fight for Justice in the Boston Massacre Murder Trial

    Abrams, Dan, 1966-
    BookToronto, Ontario : Hanover Square Press, with Harlequin Books, [2020] — B Adams Abrams 2020
  • Running From Bondage

    Enslaved Women and Their Remarkable Fight for Freedom in Revolutionary America

    Bell, Karen Cook,
    BookCambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2021. — 306.362082 Bell 2021
  • The Founders' Fortunes

    How Money Shaped the Birth of America

    Randall, Willard Sterne,
    Book[New York] : Dutton, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2022] — 973.3092 Randall 2022
  • Prisoners of Congress

    Philadelphia's Quakers in Exile, 1777-1778

    Donoghue, Norman E., II,
    BookUniversity Park, Pennsylvania : The Pennsylvania State University Press, [2023] — 973.3088 Donoghue 2023
  • Vicious and Immoral

    Homosexuality, the American Revolution, and the Trials of Robert Newburgh

    McCurdy, John Gilbert, 1972-
    BookBaltimore, Maryland : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2024. — 306.76 McCurdy 2024
  • Hamilton

    the Revolution : Being the Complete Libretto of the Broadway Musical, With a True Account of Its Creation, and Concise Remarks on Hip-hop, the Power of Stories, and the New America

    Miranda, Lin-Manuel, 1980-
    BookNew York, NY : Grand Central Publishing : Melcher Media, [2016] — 782.14 Miranda 2016
  • Revolution Song

    a Story of American Freedom

    Shorto, Russell,
    BookNew York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2018] — 973.3 Shorto 2018
  • The British Are Coming

    the War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777

    Atkinson, Rick,
    BookNew York : Henry Holt and Company, 2019. — 973.3 Atkinson 2019
  • BookNew York : Knopf, [2018] — 973.3 Ellis 2018
  • The Indispensables

    the Diverse Soldier-mariners Who Shaped the Country, Formed the Navy, and Rowed Washington Across the Delaware

    O'Donnell, Patrick K., 1969-
    BookNew York : Atlantic Monthly Press, [2021] — 973.3 O'Donnel 2021
  • Winning Independence

    the Decisive Years of the Revolutionary War, 1778-1781

    Ferling, John E.,
    BookNew York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2021. — 973.3 Ferling 2021
  • The Howe Dynasty

    the Untold Story of a Military Family and the Women Behind Britain's Wars for America

    Flavell, Julie,
    BookNew York, NY : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2021] — B Howe Flavell 2021