{"title":"History - United States - Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"the-fate-of-the-day-the-war-for-america-fort-ticonderoga-to-charleston-1777-1780-9780593799185","title":"The Fate of the Day: The War for America, Fort Ticonderoga to Charleston, 1777-1780","description":"\u003cb\u003e#1 \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES\u003c\/i\u003e BESTSELLER - In the second volume of the landmark American Revolution trilogy by the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe British Are Coming, \u003c\/i\u003e George Washington's army fights on the knife edge between victory and defeat.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This is great history . . . compulsively readable . . . There is no better writer of narrative history than the Pulitzer Prize-winning Atkinson.\"\u003ci\u003e--The New York Times \u003c\/i\u003e(Editors' Choice)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe first twenty-one months of the American Revolution--which began at Lexington and ended at Princeton--was the story of a ragged group of militiamen and soldiers fighting to forge a new nation. By the winter of 1777, the exhausted Continental Army could claim only that it had barely escaped annihilation by the world's most formidable fighting force. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTwo years into the war, George III is as determined as ever to bring his rebellious colonies to heel. But the king's task is now far more complicated: fighting a determined enemy on the other side of the Atlantic has become ruinously expensive, and spies tell him that the French and Spanish are threatening to join forces with the Americans. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePrize-winning historian Rick Atkinson provides a riveting narrative covering the middle years of the Revolution. Stationed in Paris, Benjamin Franklin woos the French; in Pennsylvania, George Washington pleads with Congress to deliver the money, men, and materiel he needs to continue the fight. In New York, General William Howe, the commander of the greatest army the British have ever sent overseas, plans a new campaign against the Americans--even as he is no longer certain that he can win this searing, bloody war. The months and years that follow bring epic battles at Brandywine, Saratoga, Monmouth, and Charleston, a winter of misery at Valley Forge, and yet more appeals for sacrifice by every American committed to the struggle for freedom. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTimed to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the beginning of the Revolution, Atkinson's brilliant account of the lethal conflict between the Americans and the British offers not only deeply researched and spectacularly dramatic history, but also a new perspective on the demands that a democracy makes on its citizens.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Rick Atkinson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Crown Publishing Group (NY)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/29\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 880\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.68lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.55h x 6.40w x 1.82d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593799185\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/21\/2025 pg. 13\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/10\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2025 pg. 36\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRick Atkinson\u003c\/b\u003e is the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestselling author of eight narrative histories about five American wars, including \u003ci\u003eThe Long Gray Line\u003c\/i\u003e, the Liberation Trilogy (\u003ci\u003eAn Army at Dawn\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Day of Battle\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Guns at Last Light\u003c\/i\u003e), and \u003ci\u003eThe British Are Coming\u003c\/i\u003e, the first volume of the Revolution Trilogy. He has won numerous awards, including Pulitzer Prizes for history and journalism.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Rick Atkinson \/ Hardcover \/ English","offer_id":47278551564445,"sku":"9780593799185","price":60.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_dfda9245-ccbc-46b3-a864-999db2793b8b.jpg?v=1759854555"},{"product_id":"we-the-people-a-history-of-the-us-constitution-9781631496080","title":"We the People: A History of the U.S. Constitution","description":"The U.S. Constitution is among the oldest constitutions in the world but also one of the most difficult to amend. Jill Lepore, Harvard professor of history and law, explains why in \u003cem\u003eWe the People\u003c\/em\u003e, the most original history of the Constitution in decades--and an essential companion to her landmark history of the United States, \u003cem\u003eThese Truths\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Published on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the nation's founding--the anniversary, too, of the first state constitutions--\u003cem\u003eWe the People\u003c\/em\u003e offers a wholly new history of the Constitution. \"One of the Constitution's founding purposes was to prevent change,\" Lepore writes. \"Another was to allow for change without violence.\" Relying on the extraordinary database she has assembled at the Amendments Project, Lepore recounts centuries of attempts, mostly by ordinary Americans, to realize the promise of the Constitution. Yet nearly all those efforts have failed. 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Now he turns his attention to a new war, and in the initial volume of the Revolution Trilogy he recounts the first twenty-one months of America's violent war for independence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the battles at Lexington and Concord in spring 1775 to those at Trenton and Princeton in winter 1777, American militiamen and then the ragged Continental Army take on the world's most formidable fighting force. It is a gripping saga alive with astonishing characters: Henry Knox, the former bookseller with an uncanny understanding of artillery; Nathanael Greene, the blue-eyed bumpkin who becomes a brilliant battle captain; Benjamin Franklin, the self-made man who proves to be the wiliest of diplomats; George Washington, the commander in chief who learns the difficult art of leadership when the war seems all but lost. 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