BOOKS

Independence

George Washington

• Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow
• His Excellency by Joseph Ellis
• George Washington’s Secret Six
  by Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger
• Washington’s Circle
  by David S. Heidler and Jeanne T. Heidler

 

Thomas Jefferson

• Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power by Jon Meacham
• American Sphinx by Joseph J. Ellis
• Madison and Jefferson
  by Andrew Burstein and Nancy Isenberg
• Thomas Jefferson and the Tripoli Pirates
  by Brian Kilmeade and Don Yaeger

American Revolution

• 1776 BY David McCullough
• The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution By Bernard Bailyn
• Amercan Scripture: Making the Declaration of Independence By Pauline Maier
• The Whites of Their Eyes: The Tea Party’s Revolution and the Battle Over American History By Jill Lepore

Benjamin Franklin

• Benjamin Franklin: An American Life by Walter Isaacson
• Franklin: Writings (Library of America) 
  by Benjamin Franklin
• The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin Franklin
• The First American: The Life and Times
  of Benjamin Franklin
  by H. W. Brands