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6 book picks worth a look

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Liberty's Exiles: American Loyalists in the Revolutionary World

Maya Jasanoff · 2011

The best single narrative of what happened to loyalists after defeat, following them into exile in Britain, Canada, the Caribbean and beyond with a storyteller's momentum.

The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777

Rick Atkinson · 2019

A vivid narrative history that keeps one eye on London's strategy and politics while following the war on the ground, so it shows how Britain's plans to hold the colonies kept coming apart.

1776

David McCullough · 2005

A focused, vivid account of Washington's year of command that shows his strategic judgment and political education under pressure, a strong next step for readers who want the war and the commander in one accessible volume.

Rise to Rebellion: A Novel of the American Revolution

Jeff Shaara · 2001

A readable narrative novel that dramatizes the coming of independence through figures like Adams, Franklin and Washington, making the politics and ideas behind the Declaration feel like lived experience.

His Excellency: George Washington

Joseph J. Ellis · 2004

A readable, psychologically astute life that treats Washington's military command and his political rise as one continuous story, ideal for a general reader who wants the man rather than a campaign chronicle.

Washington: A Life

Ron Chernow · 2010

The big narrative biography that gives full weight to Washington as commander in chief and as the political figure who held the cause together, written with the pace and detail that make long histories enjoyable.

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