Margaret Kappanadze
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The Cabinet: George Washington and the Creation of an American Institution
This informative, accessible overview of the factors and events that contributed to Washington’s legacy of precedent-setting use of advisers and the assertion of strong executive authority while maintaining harmony with the other branches will be of interest to readers at all levels.
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Unworthy Republic: The Dispossession of Native Americans and the Road to Indian Territory
This valuable addition to the scholarship of Native American dispossession and extermination should be read by scholars and general readers alike.
American Rebels: How the Hancock, Adams, and Quincy Families Fanned the Flames of Revolution
Sankovitch has woven a compelling, potent chronicle of members of three principal American families that will be valued by readers of American history at all levels.
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1774: The Long Year of Revolution
Norton’s cogent discussion of the details of the “long year” will appeal to colonial and revolutionary period scholars and enthusiasts. Her inclusion of suppressed female and loyalist voices should be applauded.
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Mayflower Lives: Pilgrims in a New World and the Early American Experience
This accessible book, among several that have demythologized Mayflower history, will appeal to readers at all levels.
The Widow Washington: The Life of Mary Washington
All readers will value this vivid account that corrects Mary’s record and reveals the dilemmas and distorted sensibility of Virginian slave-holding white women, along with the devastation caused by the Revolutionary War
The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777
This graphic account will especially appeal to military history enthusiasts but is accessible for all readers seeking to experience the realities of the revolution.
Revolutionary: George Washington at War
O'Connell debunks myths and explains motives, shortcomings, and misperceptions in this historical saga that will engage both general and academic readers.
The Problem of Democracy: The Presidents Adams Confront the Cult of Personality
Committed general and academic readers will benefit from taking in this well-written and -researched study in its entirety, partly for setting the Adams' legacy straight, and additionally for the implications the story has on modern politics.