Told through the eyes of George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, Thomas Jefferson, and Great Britain's King George III, Killing England chronicles the path to independence in gripping detail, taking the reader from the battlefields of America to the royal courts of Europe. What started as protest and unrest in the colonies soon escalated to a world war with devastating casualties. O'Reilly and Dugard recreate the war's landmark battles, including Bunker...

In the most important book on the Declaration of Independence in 75 years, Maier reveals the document as both the defining statement of our national identity and the moral compass by which we live as a nation. She also shows how, by the very act of venerating the Declaration, we may also be betraying its purpose and power.

"In the earliest days of our nation, a handful of unsung heroes-including women, slaves, and an Iroquois chief-made crucial contributions to our republic. They pioneered the ideas that led to the Bill of Rights, the separation of powers, and the abolition of slavery. Yet, their faces haven't been printed on our currency or carved into any cliffs. Instead, they were marginalized, silenced, or forgotten-sometimes by an accident of history, sometimes...

In 1776 Thomas Jefferson put his quill to paper and the Declaration of Independence sprang to life. Follow the Declaration's journey over the next two centuries, surviving eight wars and travelling through five states on horseback, boat, railcar, and tank to its current home in the National Archives.

A leading conversative scholar argues that the U.S. Constitution holds the power to reunite our fractured society and rescue our malfunctioning politics while offering solutions to reform a constitutional order that has gone awry.

Foundations of Our Nation brings key events in early American history to life. Step into the pages of history and experience the challenges and triumphs of the people and events that contributed to the founding of the United States. Core Library is the must-have line of nonfiction books for supporting the Common Core State Standards for grades 3-6. Core Library features: A wide variety of high-interest topics Well-researched, clearly written informational...

Each book in the Documenting U.S. History series focuses on a specific document that had a major impact on United States history. Read about the history, the people, and the importance of each document. With stunning images and maps, read about the primary sources that play an important role in U.S. history and that are still a part of the government today. Learn about the people and the, places that help preserve these documents for all to view for...

"The award-winning author of Founding Brothers and The Quartet now gives us a deeply insightful examination of the relevance of the views of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and John Adams to some of the most divisive issues in America today. The story of history is a ceaseless conversation between past and present, and in American Dialogue Joseph J. Ellis focuses the conversation on the often-asked question "What would the Founding...

A fascinating, in-depth study of the founding fathers of the United States. Learn about the cultures and societies upon which they based the U.S. government and discover the influence of Egyptian, Greek and Native American cultures on our own. This program discusses the former system of government our founders took notice of most and explore the origin and creation of the Declaration of Independence.

Winner of the 2007 Fraunces Tavern Museum Book Award!&Samuel&Adams is perhaps the most unheralded and overshadowed of the founding fathers, yet without him there would have been no American Revolution. A genius at devising civil protests and political maneuvers that became a trademark of American politics, Adams astutely forced Britain into coercive military measures that ultimately led to the irreversible split in the empire. His remarkable political...