Thanks for the links, Matt!
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From: idgen-bounces(a)rootsweb.com [mailto:idgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On
Behalf Of Matthew D. Friend
Sent: Friday, September 14, 2012 5:37 PM
To: IDGenWeb Project
Subject: [IDGENWEB] 2nd Call for September Roll Call -- Sept. 15, 2012
Good Evening Idahoans,
This is your second call for September roll call. If you haven't checked in
yet for the month, then, please, get your bid in. <grin>
Well it's been great to be back into the swing of school again for me and
I'm sure for others. I hope this email finds everyone doing well. One of our
team members had been busy on some reading project on the American
Revolution. So I share with him some insight that I had learned about the
period before the war started. Anyway I thought I would share it with ya'll
if you like to read a bit about the American Revolution in Context.
Reading List:
1. Fenn, Elizabeth Anne Pox Americana: The Great Smallpox Epidemic of
1775-82 Hill and Wang, 2002 978-0809078219
2. Ferling, John A Leap in the Dark: The Struggle to Create the American
Republic Oxford University Press, 2004 978-0195176001
3. Ferling, John Almost a Miracle: The American Victory in the War of
Independence Oxford University Press, 2009 978-0195382921
4. Holton, Woody Unruly Americans and the Origins of the Constitution Hill
and Wang, 2008 978-0809016433
5. Tuchman, Barbara W. The March of Folly: From Troy to Vietnam Ballantine
Books, 1985 978-0345308238 (Ch. 4 covers the Revolutionary War period)
Other Resources:
1. Anderson, Fred Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of
Empire in British North America, 1754-1766 Vintage, 2001 978-0375706363
2. Ellis, Joseph J. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation Vintage,
2002 978-0375705243
3. Fowler, William M. American Crisis: George Washington and the Dangerous
Two Years After Yorktown, 1781-1783 Walker and Company, 2011 978-0802717061
4. Hamilton, Alexander, James Madison, John Jay The Federalist Papers SoHo
Books, 2011 978-1612930756
5. Ketcham, Ralph The Anti-Federalist Papers and the Constitutional
Convention Debates Signet Classics, 2003 978-0451528841
6. Savas, Theodore P. and J. David Dameron A Guide to the Battles of the
American Revolution Savas Beatie, 2010 978-1932714944
7. Troiani, Don Don Troiani's Soldiers of the American Revolution Stackpole
Books, 2007 0811733238
8. Tuchman, Barbara W. The First Salute: A View of the American Revolution
Ballantine, 1989 978-0345336674
Website Resources:
1. General site on the Revolution //
http://www.theamericanrevolution.org/default.aspx
2. Timeline for the Revolution, lots of embedded links //
http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/revwartimeline.htm
3. Site on the Revolution from the British perspective //
http://www.britishbattles.com/american-revolution.htm
4. Collection of links on various Revolutionary topics //
http://www.historesearch.com/amrevmil.html
5. National Park Service Museum Collection of the sites for Revolutionary
parks //
http://www.cr.nps.gov/museum/exhibits/revwar/index1.html
6. Library of Congress collection of period maps //
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/gmdhtml/armhtml/armhome.html
7. Links to maps of various locations from the colonial and early national
period //
http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/maps/
8. Extensive collection of links to a wide variety of sources on various
Revolutionary topics. //
http://vlib.iue.it/history/USA/ERAS/revolutionary.html
9. US Army Center for Military History collection of bibliographic links
about the Revolution. //
http://www.history.army.mil/reference/revbib/revwar.htm
10. US Archives official page on the Constitution //
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/constitution.html
11. Full text of the Constitution and amendments //
http://constitutionus.com/
12. Non-profit devoted to establishing a national museum to the Revolution
//
http://americanrevolutioncenter.org/
13. Collection illustrating and describing the uniforms of various types of
Revolutionary soldiers //
http://www.srcalifornia.com/uniforms/uniforms.htm
14. Sub-section of the History of War Online site, focused on the Revolution
//
http://www.historyofwaronline.com/ARW1776MP.html
15. Online catalog from a company that specializes in creating authentic
historical uniforms for re-enactors //
http://www.jarnaginco.com/revwarframe.html
16. Site for re-enactors of the Revolutionary period //
http://www.georgewashingtonsarmy.com/
17. Home site of Don Troiani, famous artist of American military //
http://www.oldgloryprints.com/Troiani%20Revolution.htm
Well, I hope ya'll have a great weekend and let me know if you need
anything.
Matt Friend
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