Lynnfield Public Library: U.S. History Books To Read On Independence Day

Press release from Lynnfield Public Library:

Samantha Totman

July 02, 2021

What are your plans for the Fourth of July? I know I’ll be making time for some reading! Long weekends are a great opportunity to dive into some nonfiction, especially books that tell stories not often heard or known. Below is a list of books about the Founding Fathers, the signing of the Declaration of Independence, and the history of the U.S. in general that share stories you may not have heard before.

Books about the Founders & the Signing of the Declaration of Independence

The American Revolution in Indian Country: Crisis and Diversity in Native American Communities by Colin Calloway
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American Scripture: Making the Declaration of Independence by Pauline Maier
Book

Black Patriots and Loyalists: Fighting for Emancipation in the War for Independence by Alan Gilbert
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The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777 by Rick Atkinson
Book | eBook | CD Audiobook | eAudiobook

Fears of a Setting Sun: the Disillusionment of America’s Founders by Dennis C. Rasmussen
eBook

Forgotten Allies: The Oneida Indians and the American Revolution by Joseph T. Glatthaur and James Kirby Martin
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Independence Lost: Lives on the Edge of the American Revolution by Kathleen DuVal
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Revolutionary Mothers: Women in the Struggle for American Independence
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Signing Their Lives Away: the Fame and Misfortune of the Men who Signed the Declaration of Independence by Denise Kiernan and Joseph D’Agnese
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Books about Broader U.S. History

An African American and Latinx History of the United States by Paul Ortiz
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Battle Cry of Freedom: the Civil War Era by James McPherson
Book | CD Audiobook

Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019, edited by Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain
Book | Large Print | eBook | eAudiobook

How the Word is Passed: a Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith
Book | Large Print | eBook | eAudiobook

An Indigenous People’s History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Book | eBook | eAudiobook

Life Upon These Shores: Looking at African American History, 1513-2008 by Henry Louis Gates
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Out of Order: Stories From the History of the Supreme Court by Sandra Day O’Connor
Book | eBook | CD Audiobook

This press release was produced by Lynnfield Public Library. The views expressed here are the author’s own.