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The Fort

Bernard Cornwell · 480 pages

After the British establish a fort on the Penobscot River, the Massachusetts patriots--among them General Peleg Wadsworth and Colonel Paul Revere--mount an expedition to oust the redcoats.

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Arundel

Kenneth Roberts

The story of a group of Maine irregulars during the Revolutionary War. It is the tale of their march to Quebec to fight the French and their Indian allies. A surprisingly sympathetic view of Benedict Arnold in his early days as a competent, though slightly eccentric leader. Adventure, some romantic interest and lots of history served up by a great American author.

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The French Admiral

Dewey Lambdin · 446 pages

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Woods Runner

Gary Paulsen · 164 pages

Samuel, 13, spends his days in the forest, hunting for food for his family. He has grown up on the frontier of a British colony, America. Far from any town, or news of the war against the King that American patriots have begun near Boston.But the war comes to them. British soldiers and Iroquois attack. Samuel's parents are taken away, prisoners. Samuel follows, hiding, moving silently, determined

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The Fiery Cross

Diana Gabaldon · 985 pages

New York Times bestselling author Diana Gabaldon mesmerized readers with her award-winning Outlander novels, four dazzling tales featuring eighteenth-century Scotsman James Fraser and his twentieth-century time-traveling wife, Claire Randall. Now, in this eagerly awaited fifth volume, Diana Gabaldon continues their extraordinary saga, a masterpiece of pure storytelling that is her most astonishing

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The Rebels

John Jakes · 448 pages

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Jack Absolute

C.C. Humphreys · 330 pages

In 1777, Jack Absolute is famous - as the dashing lover in Sheridan's famous comedy 'The Rivals'. However, this notoriety comes as something of a shock to the real Jack Absolute when he disembarks at Portsmouth after four months at sea, and seven years in India.

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My Brother Sam Is Dead

James Lincoln Collier, Christopher Collier · 216 pages

Recounts the tragedy that strikes the Meeker family during the Revolution when one son joins the rebel forces while the rest of the family tries to stay neutral in a Tory town.

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The Fighting Ground

Avi · 157 pages

(From HarperCollins (publisher) website): Jonathan may be only thirteen years old, but with the Revolutionary War unfolding around him, he's more certain than ever that he wants to be a part of it--to fight for independence alongside his brother and cousin to defeat the British. But Jonathan's father, himself wounded from battle, refuses to let his son join the front lines. When Jonathan he

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To Try Men's Souls

Newt Gingrich, William R. Forstchen, Albert S. Hanser · 345 pages

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Brave Enemies

Robert Morgan · 320 pages

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Johnny Tremain

Esther Forbes · 270 pages

Johnny Tremain, a young apprentice silversmith, is caught up in the danger and excitement of 1775 Boston, just before the Revolutionary War. But even more gripping than living through the drama of Revolutionary Boston is the important discovery Johnny makes in his own life.

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The Spy

James Fenimore Cooper · 415 pages

Inspired by accusations of venality leveled at the men who captured Major Andre (Benedict Arnold's co-conspirator, executed for espionage in 1780), Cooper's novel centers on Harry Birch, a common man wrongly suspected by well-born Patriots of being a spy for the British. Even George Washington, who supports Birch, misreads the man, and when Washington offers him payment for information vital to th

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Valley Forge

Newt Gingrich, William R. Forstchen · 438 pages

In the winter of 1777, Washington and his demoralized army retreat from Philadelphia, arriving at Valley Forge where they discover that their repeated requests for a stockpile of food, winter clothing, and building tools have been ignored by Congress. In spite of the suffering and deceit, Washington endures all, joined at last by a volunteer from Germany who begins the hard task of recasting the a

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Revolutionary

Alex Myers · 311 pages

Presents a fictionalized account of Deborah Sampson Gannett, who defied the rigid societal and social norms of her times to disguise herself as a man, join the Continental Army, and fight against the British during the American Revolution.

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The Fiddler's Gun

A.S. Peterson

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King's Mountain

Sharyn McCrumb · 435 pages

John Sevier had not taken much interest in the American Revolution, he was too busy fighting Indians in the Carolinas and taming the wilderness. But when an arrogant British officer threatened his settlement—promising to burn the farms and kill families—the war became personal. That arrogant officer is Patrick Ferguson of the British Army—who is both charmingly antagonistic and surprisingly end

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The Glorious Cause

Jeff Shaara · 656 pages

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Ashes

Laurie Halse Anderson · 320 pages

"As the Revolutionary War rages on, Isabel and Curzon are reported as runaways, and the awful Bellingham is determined to track them down. With purpose and faith, Isabel and Curzon march on, fiercely determined to find Isabel's little sister Ruth, who is enslaved in a Southern state"--

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Cannons at Dawn

Kristiana Gregory · 244 pages

From the winter of 1779 until 1781, Abigail Stewart and her family follow the path of her father's Continental Army unit after their Valley Forge home burns down, enduring harsh winters and scarce food, and narrowly escaping danger time and again.

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Time Enough for Drums

Ann Rinaldi · 249 pages

Sixteen-year-old Jem and her servant struggle to keep things going at home in Trenton, New Jersey, when the family men join the war for independence from the British king.

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Celia Garth

Gwen Bristow · 412 pages

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A Place Called Freedom

Ken Follett · 490 pages

Hidden in the shadows of a Scottish river bank in the winter of 1767, a young woman watches a figure emerging from the icy water. Lizzie Hallim has never seen a naked man before; but her excitement is tinged with fear. The man is a slave, and she is helping him to escape.

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The Colonel's Lady

Laura Frantz · 408 pages

In 1779, when genteel Virginia spinster Roxanna Rowan arrives at the Kentucky fort commanded by Colonel Cassius McLinn, she finds that her officer father has died. Penniless and destitute, Roxanna is forced to take her father's place as scrivener. Before long, it's clear that the colonel himself is attracted to her. But she soon realizes the colonel has grave secrets of his own--some of which have

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