America at 250: Revolutionary Reads

Celebrate and explore the rich history of the American Revolution with essential works selected by RCL subject editors. Resources for College Libraries (RCL) features 90,000+ core titles for academic libraries, curated by Choice/ACRL subject specialists and available at rclweb.net.

Updated July 1, 2026
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American revolutions : a continental history, 1750-1804
Taylor, Alan
Paper Book
The American Revolution is often portrayed as a high-minded, orderly event whose capstone, the Constitution, provided the ideal framework for a democratic, prosperous nation. Alan Taylor, two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize, gives us a different creation story in this magisterial history of the...
The glorious cause : the American Revolution, 1763-1789
Middlekauff, Robert.
Paper Book
The first book to appear in the illustrious Oxford History of the United States, this critically acclaimed volume--a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize--offers an unsurpassed history of the Revolutionary War and the birth of the American republic. Beginning with the French and Indian War...

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