Independence (90 page)

GREAT BRITAIN IN THE IMPERIAL CRISIS

Troy Bickham,
Making Headlines: The American Revolution as Seen Through the British Press
(DeKalb, Ill., 2009); Colin Bonwick,
English Radicals and the American Revolution
(Chapel Hill, N.C., 1977); Ian Christie,
Wars and Revolutions: Britain, 1760–1815
(Cambridge, Mass., 1982); Dora Mae Clark,
British Opinion and the American Revolution
(reprint, New York, 1966); Stephen Conway,
The British Isles and the War of Independence
(New York, 2000); idem,
The War of American Independence
(London, 1995); John Derry,
British Politics and the American Revolution
(New York, 1976); H. T. Dickinson, ed.,
Britain and the American Revolution
(London, 1998); idem, ed.,
A Companion to Eighteenth-Century Britain
(London, 2002); Bernard Donahue,
British Politics and the American Revolution: The Path to War, 1773–1775
(London, 1964); Warren Elofson and John A. Woods, eds.,
Party, Parliament, and the American War, 1774–1780
(Oxford, 1996); Eliga H. Gould,
The Persistence of Empire: British Political Culture in the Age of the American Revolution
(Chapel Hill, N.C., 2000); Ira Gruber,
The Howe Brothers and the American Revolution
(New York, 1972); Fred Junkin Hinkhouse,
The Preliminaries of the American Revolution as Seen in the British Press, 1763–1775
(reprint, New York, 1969); Solomon Lutnick,
The American Revolution and the British Press, 1763–1783
(Columbia, Mo., 1967); J. H. Plumb,
England in the Eighteenth Century
(Baltimore, Md., 1950); Jack Sosin, “The Massachusetts Acts of 1774: Coercive or Preventive?”
Huntington Library Quarterly
26 (1963): 235–52; Peter D. G. Thomas,
British Politics and the Stamp Crisis: The First Phase of the American Revolution, 1763–1767
(New York, 1975); idem,
The Townshend Duty Crisis: The Second Phase of the American Revolution, 1767–1773
(New York, 1987); idem,
Tea Party to Independence: The Third Phase of the American Revolution, 1773–1776
(New York, 1991); Kathleen Wilson,
Sense of the People: Politics, Culture and Imperialism in England, 1715–1785
(Cambridge, 1995).

THE ANGLO-AMERICAN WAR, 1775–76

Louis Birnbaum,
Red Dawn at Lexington
(Boston, 1986); Thomas A. Desjardin,
Through a Howling Wilderness: Benedict Arnold’s March to Quebec, 1775
(New York, 2006); John Ferling,
Almost a Miracle: The American Victory in the War of Independence
(New York, 2007); David Hackett Fischer,
Paul Revere’s Ride
(New York, 1994); Richard Frothingham,
History of the Siege of Boston
(Boston, 1849); Richard M. Ketchum,
Decisive Day: The Battle for Bunker Hill
(New York, 1974); Arthur Lefkowitz,
Benedict Arnold’s Army: The 1775 Invasion of Canada During the Revolutionary War
(New York and El Dorado Hills, Calif., 2008); James Kirby Martin,
Benedict Arnold: Revolutionary Hero: An American Warrior Reconsidered
(New York, 1977); Piers Mackesy,
The War for America, 1775–1783
(Cambridge, Mass., 1964); David McCullough,
1776
(New York, 2005); Hal Shelton,
General Richard Montgomery and the American Revolution
(New York, 1994); Christopher Ward,
The War of the Revolution
, 2 vols. (New York, 1952).

BIOGRAPHIES

FOREMOST AMERICAN CONGRESSMEN TO 1776 (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)

Adams, John:
Joseph Ellis,
Passionate Sage: The Character and Legacy of John Adams
(New York, 1993); John Ferling,
John Adams: A Life
(reprint, New York, 2010); John Howe,
The Changing Political Thought of John Adams
(Princeton, N.J., 1966); David McCullough,
John Adams
(New York, 2001).

Adams, Samuel:
John K. Alexander,
Samuel Adams: America’s Revolutionary Politician
(Lanham, Md., 2002); Cass Canfield,
Samuel Adams’s Revolution, 1765–1776
(New York, 1972); William C. Fowler,
Samuel Adams: Radical Puritan
(New York, 1997); Pauline Maier,
The Old Revolutionaries: Political Leaders in the Age of Samuel Adams
(New York, 1982); John C. Miller,
Sam Adams: Pioneer in Propaganda
(Boston, 1936); Ira Stoll,
Samuel Adams: A Life
(New York, 2008).

Dickinson, John:
Milton E. Flower,
John Dickinson: Conservative Revolutionary
(Charlottesville, Va., 1983); David L. Jacobson,
John Dickinson and the Revolution in Pennsylvania, 1764–1776
(Berkeley, Calif., 1965).

Franklin, Benjamin:
H. W. Brands,
The First American: The Life and Times of Benjamin Franklin
(New York, 2000); David Freeman Hawke,
Franklin
(New York, 1976); J. A. Leo Lemay,
The Life of Benjamin Franklin
, 3 vols. (Philadelphia, 2006–9); Edmund S. Morgan,
Benjamin Franklin
(New Haven, Conn., 2002); Carl Van Doren,
Benjamin Franklin
(New York, 1938); Gordon S. Wood,
The Americanization of Benjamin Franklin
(New York, 2004); Esmond Wright,
Franklin of Philadelphia
(Cambridge, Mass., 1986).

Galloway, Joseph:
John Ferling,
The Loyalist Mind: Joseph Galloway and the American Revolution
(University Park, Pa., 1977); Benjamin H. Newcomb,
Franklin and Galloway: A Political Partnership
(New Haven, Conn., 1972).

Gerry, Elbridge:
George Athan Billias,
Elbridge Gerry: Founding Father and Republican Statesman
(New York, 1976).

Henry, Patrick:
Richard R. Beeman,
Patrick Henry: A Biography
(New York, 1974); Kevin J. Hayes,
The Mind of a Patriot: Patrick Henry and the World of Ideas
(Charlottesville, Va., 2008); Robert D. Meade,
Patrick Henry
, 2 vols. (Philadelphia, 1957–69).

Jefferson, Thomas:
Andrew Burstein and Nancy Isenberg,
Madison and Jefferson
(New York, 2010); R. B. Bernstein,
Thomas Jefferson
(New York, 2003); Fawn Brodie,
Thomas Jefferson: An Intimate History
(New York, 1974); Noble E. Cunningham Jr.,
In Pursuit of Reason: The Life of Thomas Jefferson
(New York, 1997); Frank J. Dewey,
Thomas Jefferson, Lawyer
(Charlottesville, Va., 1986); Joseph Ellis,
American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson
(New York, 1997); John Ferling,
Setting the World Ablaze: Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and the American Revolution
(New York, 2000); Dumas Malone,
Jefferson and His Times
, 6 vols. (Boston, 1948–81); Jack McLoughlin,
Jefferson, and Monticello
(New York, 1988); Peter S. Onuf, ed.,
The Mind of Thomas Jefferson
(Charlottesville, Va., 2007); Merrill D. Peterson,
Thomas Jefferson and the New Nation: A Biography
(New York, 1970); Willard Sterne Randall,
Thomas Jefferson: A Life
(New York, 1992); Nathan Schachner,
Thomas Jefferson: A Biography
(New York, 1951).

Lee, Richard Henry:
Oliver Perry Chitwood,
Richard Henry Lee: Statesman of the Revolution
(Morgantown, W.Va., 1967); J. Kent McGaughy,
Richard Henry Lee of Virginia: A Portrait of an American Revolutionary
(Lanham, Md., 2004).

Livingston, Robert R.:
George Dangerfield,
Chancellor Robert R. Livingston, 1746–1813
(New York, 1960).

Morris, Robert:
Clarence L. Ver Steeg,
Robert Morris: Revolutionary Financier
(New York, 1972).

Sherman, Roger:
Christopher Collier,
Roger Sherman’s Connecticut: Yankee Politicians and the American Revolution
(Middletown, Conn., 1971).

Washington, George:
Ron Chernow,
Washington: A Life
(New York, 2010); John Ferling,
The First of Men: A Life of George Washington
(reprint, New York, 2010); James T. Flexner,
George Washington
, 4 vols. (Boston, 1965–72); Douglas Southall Freeman,
George Washington: A Biography
, 7 vols. (New York, 1948–57).

Wilson, James:
Mark David Hall,
The Political and Legal Philosophy of James Wilson, 1742–1798
(Columbia, Mo., 1997); Charles Page Smith,
James Wilson: Founding Father, 1742–1798
(Chapel Hill, N.C., 1956).

FOREMOST BRITISH POLITICAL FIGURES TO 1776 (IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER)

Burke, Edmund:
Carl B. Cone,
Burke and the Nature of Politics: The Age of the American Revolution
(Lexington, Ky., 1957).

Dartmouth, Earl of:
B. D. Bargar,
Lord Dartmouth and the American Revolution
(Columbia, S.C., 1965).

Fox, Charles James:
John Derry,
Charles James Fox
(New York, 1972); John Drinkwater,
Charles James Fox
(New York, 1928); Christopher Hobhouse,
Fox
(reprint, London, 1964); L. G. Mitchell,
Charles James Fox
(New York, 1992); Loren Reid,
Charles James Fox: A Man for the People
(Columbia, Mo., 1969).

Gage, General Thomas:
John R. Alden,
General Gage in America: Being Principally a History of His Role in the American Revolution
(Baton Rouge, La., 1948); John Shy, “Thomas Gage: Weak Link of Empire,” in George A. Billias, ed.,
George Washington’s Opponents: British Generals and Admirals in the American Revolution
(New York, 1969).

George III:
Stanley Ayling,
George the Third
(New York, 1972); Jeremy Black,
George III: America’s Last King
(New Haven, Conn., 2006).

Germain, Lord George:
Gerald Saxon Brown,
The American Secretary: The Colonial Policy of Lord George Germain, 1775–1778
(Ann Arbor, Mich., 1963); Alan Valentine,
Lord George Germain
(Oxford, 1962).

Howe, General William and Admiral Richard Howe:
Ira D. Gruber,
The Howe Brothers and the American Revolution
(New York, 1972); idem, “Richard Lord Howe: Admiral as Peacemaker,” in George A. Billias, ed.,
George Washington’s Opponents: British Generals and Admirals in the American Revolution
(New York, 1969); Maldwyn A. Jones, “Sir William Howe: Conventional Strategist,” in ibid.