Biographies – Revolution
Adams, John and John P. Diggins. The Portable John Adams (2004)
Adams, William Howard. Gouverneur Morris: An Independent Life (2003)
Akers, Charles W. Abigail Adams: An American Woman
Alden, John R. George Washington: A Biography (1984) (Holder)
Alexander, John K. Samuel Adams: America’s Revolutionary Politician (2002)
Allen, William B., ed. George Washington: A Collection (1988)
Anderson, Douglas. The Radical Enlightenments of Benjamin Franklin (1997)
Arnold, Isaac N. Life of Benedict Arnold (The American Military Experience) (1979)
Bedini, Silvio A. Jefferson and Science
Bernstein, R. B. Thomas Jefferson (2003)
Betts, Edwin M. and James A. Bear, Jr., editors. The Family Letters of Thomas Jefferson
Black, Jeremy. George III (2006)
Boddie, William Willis. Traditions of the Swamp Fox: William W. Boddie’s Francis Marion
Boylan, Brian R. Benedict Arnold: The Dark Eagle (1973)
Brandt, Clare. The Man in the Mirror: A Life of Benedict Arnold (1994)
Broadwater, Jeff. George Mason, Forgotten Founder (2006)
Brookhiser, Richard. Founding Father: Rediscovering George Washington (1996)
Brookhiser, Richard. Gentleman Revolutionary: Gouverneur Morris (2003)
Burnstein, Andrew. The Inner Jefferson: Portrait of a Grieving Optimist
Campbell, James. Recovering Benjamin Franklin: An Exploration of a Life of Science and Service (1999)
Clark, Ellen McAllister. Martha Washington: A Brief Biography
Cohen, I. Bernard. Benjamin Franklin’s Science (1990)
Cook, Jacob E. Alexander Hamilton (1982)
Cunliffe, Marcus. George Washington: Man and Monument (1958)
Cunningham, Noble E. In Pursuit of Reason: The Life of Thomas Jefferson (1987)
Cunningham, Noble E., Jr. Jefferson vs. Hamilton: Confrontations that Shaped a Nation (2000)
Dewey, Frank L. Thomas Jefferson, Lawyer (1986)
Diggins, John Patrick and Arthur M. Schlesinger. John Adams: The American Presidents Series (2003)
Ellis, Joseph. His Excellency: George Washington (2005)
Ellis, Joseph. American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson (1997)
Ellis, Joseph. Passionate Sage: The Character and Legacy of John Adams (1993)
Ferling, John. The First of Men: A Life of George Washington (1988)
Ferling, John. Setting the World Ablaze: Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and the American Revolution (2000)
Ferling, John. John Adams: A Life (1992)
Flaumenhaft, Harvey. The Effective Republic: Administration and Constitution in the Thought of Alexander Hamilton
Foner, Eric. Tom Paine and Revolutionary America (2005)
Fowler, William. Samuel Adams: Radical Puritan
Franklin, Benjamin. The Other John Adams, 1705-1740 (2003)
Gaustad, Edwin S. Sworn on the Altar of God: A Religious Biography of Thomas Jefferson (1996)
Gelles, Edith B. Portia: the World of Abigail Adams (1992)
Gerlach, Don. R. Proud Patriot: Philip Schuyler and the War of Independence, 1775-1783 (1987)
Golway, Terry. Washington’s General: Nathanael Greene (2005)
Gordon-Reed, Annette. Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemmings: An American Controversy (1997)
Gordon-Reed, Annette. The Hemingses of Monticello (2008)
Grant, James. John Adams: Party of One (2005)
Hall, Mark David. The Political and Legal Philosophy of James Wilson (1997)
Halliday, E. M. Understanding Thomas Jefferson (2002)
Haw, James. John & Edward Rutledge of South Carolina (1997)
Hellenbrand, Harold. The Unfinished Revolution; Education and Politics in the Thought of Thomas Jefferson (1990)
Higginbotham, Don. George Washington and the American Military Tradition (1985)
Higginbotham, Don, ed. George Washington Reconsidered (2001)
Higginbotham, Don. George Washington: Uniting a Nation (2002)
Hirschfield, Fritz. George Washington and Slavery: A Documentary Portrayal
Hofstra, Warren R., ed. George Washington and the Virginia Backcountry
Holmes, Jerry, ed. Thomas Jefferson: A Chronology of His Thoughts (2002)
Hosmer, James K. Samuel Adams (American Statesman Series) (1980)
Isaac, Rhys. Landon Carter’s Uneasy Kingdom (2004)
Isaacson, Walter. Benjamin Franklin: An American Life (2003) (Carroll)
Isenberg, Nancy. Fallen Founder: The Life of Aaron Burr (2007)
James, William Dobein. A Sketch of the Life of Brigadier General Francis Marion (2004)
Jennings, Francis. Benjamin Franklin, Politician (1996)
Kaminski, John P. George Clinton: Yeoman Politician of the New Republic
Kaminski, John and Jill Adair McCaughan, editors. A Great and Good Man: George Washington in the Eyes of His Contemporaries (1989)
Kaplan, Lawrence S. Alexander Hamilton: Ambivalent Anglophile (2002)
Kaplan, Lawrence S. Thomas Jefferson: Westward the Course of Empire (1999)
Karlson, Carol F. and Laurie Crumpacker, editors. The Journal of Esther Edwards Burr, 1754-1757 (1984)
Kaye, Harvey J. Thomas Paine and the Promise of America (2005)
Knott, Stephen F. Alexander Hamilton and the Persistence of Myth (2002)
Lehmann, Karl. Thomas Jefferson, American Humanist
Levine, Phyllis. Abigail Adams: A Biography (1987)
Levy, Andrew. The First Emancipator: The Forgotten Story of Robert Carter (2005)
Lewis, Jan Ellen and Peter S. Onuf, ed. Sally Hemings and Thomas Jefferson (1998)
Longmore, Paul K. The Invention of George Washington (1988)
Lopez, Claude-Anne. Mon Cher Papa: Franklin and the Ladies of Paris
Martin, James Kirby. Benedict Arnold, Revolutionary Hero: An American Warrior Reconsidered (1997)
Massey, Gregory D. John Laurens and the American Revolution
Matthews, Marty D. Forgotten Founder: The Life and Times of Charles Pinckney
Matthews, Richard K. The Radical Politics of Thomas Jefferson: A Revisionist View (1984)
Mayer, Henry. A Son of Thunder: Patrick Henry and the American Republic (1986)
McCullough, David. John Adams (2001)
McDonough, Daniel J. Christopher Gadsden and Henry Laurens: The Parallel Lives of Two American Patriots (2000)
McGaughy, J. Kent. Richard Henry Lee of Virginia (2003)
McLaughlin, Jack. Jefferson and Monticello: The Biography of a Builder (1988)
Middlekauf, Robert. Benjamin Franklin and His Enemies (1996)
Miller, Charles A. Jefferson and Nature: An Interpretation (1988)
Morgan, David T. The Devious Dr. Franklin, Colonial Agent: Benjamin Franklin’s Years in London (1996)
Morgan, Edmund S. Benjamin Franklin (2002)
Mulford, Carla. Only for the Eye of a Friend: The Poems of Annis Boudinot Stockton (1995)
Nelson, Paul David. Anthony Wayne, Soldier of the Early Republic (1985)
O’Brien, Connor C. The Long Affair: Thomas Jefferson and the French Revolution, 1785-1800 (1996)
Onuf, Peter S., ed. Jeffersonian Legacies (1993)
Palmer, Dave R. George Washington: First in War
Palmer, Dave R. George Washington and Benedict Arnold: A Tale of Two Patriots (2006) (Holder)
Palmer, Gregory. Biographical Sketches of Loyalists of the American Revolution (1984)
Pascal, Jean-Marc. The Political Ideas of James Wilson (1991)
Peterson, Merrill D. Thomas Jefferson: A Reference Biography (1986)
Phelps, Glenn A. George Washington and American Constitutionalism (1993)
Pinckney, Elise, ed. The Letterbook of Eliza Lucas Pinckney, 1739-1762
Puls, Mark. Samuel Adams: Father of the American Revolution (2006)
Rakove, Jack N. James Madison and the Creation of the American Republic (2002)
Ramussen, William M. and Robert S. Tilton. George Washington: The Man Behind the Myths
Randall, Willard Sterne. Alexander Hamilton: A Life (2003)
Randall, Willard Sterne. Benedict Arnold: Patriot and Traitor (1990)
Randall, Willard Sterne. George Washington: A Life (1997)
Randall, Willard Sterne. Thomas Jefferson: A Life (1994)
Richards, Jeffrey H. Mercy Otis Warren (1995)
Risjord, Norman K. Jefferson’s America 1760-1815.
Risjord, Norman K. Thomas Jefferson
Ryerson, Richard A., ed. John Adams and the Founding of the Republic (Mass.
Historical Society Studies in American History and Culture, No. 6) (2001)
Sanford, Charles B. The Religious Life of Thomas Jefferson (1984)
Schwartz, Barry. George Washington: The Making of An American Symbol
Sheldon, Garrett Ward. The Political Philosophy of Thomas Jefferson (1991)
Simms, William Gilmore. The Life of Francis Marion (2001)
Skemp, Sheila L. Benjamin and William Franklin: Father and Son, Patriot and Loyalist (1994)
Skemp, Sheila L. Judith Sargent Murray: A Brief Biography with Documents
Smith, Jeffrey A. Franklin and Bache: Envisioning the Enlightened Republic (1990)
Stahr, Walter. John Jay (2005)
Stuart, Nancy. The Muse of the Revolution (2008) (Mercy Otis Warren)
Thompson, C. Bradley. John Adams and the Spirit of Liberty (1998)
Unger, Harrow Giles. Lafayette (2002)
Waldstreicher, David. Runaway America: Benjamin Franklin, Slavery and the American Revolution (2004)
Wallace, Audrey. Benedict Arnold: Misunderstood Hero? (2003)
Walters, Kerry S. Benjamin Franklin and His Gods (1999)
Warren, Jack D., Jr. The Presidency of George Washington
Wiencek, Henry. An Imperfect God: George Washington, His Slaves and the Creation of America (2003)
Wilkins, Roger. Jefferson’s Pillow: The Founding Fathers and the Dilemma of Black Patriotism
Wills, Garry. Cincinnatus: George Washington and the Enlightenment (1984)
Wilson, Barry. Benedict Arnold: A Traitor in Our Midst (2001)
Wood, Gordon. The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin (2004)
Wright, Esmond, editor. Benjamin Franklin: His Life as He Wrote It
Wright, Esmond. Franklin of Philadelphia (1986)
Zagarri, Rosemarie. A Women’s Dilemma: Mary Otis Warren and the American Revolution (1995)
Zall, P.M. Franklin’s Autobiography: A Model Life (1989)