"Nina Sankovitch's American Rebels explores, for the first time, the intertwined lives of the Hancock, Quincy, and Adams families, and the role each person played in sparking the American Revolution. Before they were central figures in American history, John Hancock, John Adams, Josiah Quincy Junior, Abigail Smith Adams, and Dorothy Quincy Hancock had forged intimate connections during their childhood in Braintree, Massachusetts. Raised as loyal British...

Contains the anthology of publications formerly compiled by the History and Museums Division during the 50th anniversary commemoration of the Korean Conflict, 1950-1953. Focus of the articles is to remember those Marines who fought and died in the "forgotten war".

Stonewall Jackson depended on him; General Lee complimented him; Union soldiers admired him; and ladies in Maryland, Virginia, and even Pennsylvania adored him -- this dashing, handsome, lovable, young Henry Kyd Douglas. From his meeting with John Brown, alias Isaac Smith, shortly before the Brown Raid, through the long bitter years of the War Between the States, he clung to the Southern cause, fought its battles, and endured its defeats. During and...

"The first book to appear in the illustrious Oxford History of the United States, this critically acclaimed volume -- a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize -- offers an unsurpassed history of the Revolutionary War and the birth of the American republic. Beginning with the French and Indian War and continuing to the election of George Washington as first president, Robert Middlekauff offers a panoramic history of the conflict between England and America,...

Words and music of ballads, national songs, and hymns from the Revolutionary War. Includes varied versions of "Hearts of Oak," "Derry Down," and "Yankee Doodle."