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
RCL Site RCL Librarians
This is your list in printable form. Simply print this page using your browser's print command.

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.

Drag items up and down to your preferred order then select the "Save Order" button.
American revolutions : a continental history, 1750-1804
Taylor, Alan
Paper Book
Alan Taylor is featured in THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION, a film by Ken Burns, Sarah Botstein, and David Schmidt on PBS "Excellent...deserves high praise. Mr. Taylor conveys this sprawling continental history with economy, clarity, and vividness." --Brendan Simms, Wall Street Journal<...
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...
The Negro in the American Revolution
Quarles, Benjamin.
Ebook
Originally published in 1961, this classic work remains the most comprehensive history of the many and important roles played by African Americans during the American Revolution. With this book, Benjamin Quarles added a new dimension to the military history of the Revolution and addressed for the...
Find this list online

https://librarian.syndetics.com/syndeticsunbound/lp/944.1309/list/7460

Library staff! You can create and contribute to lists. Contact your catalog administrator or log in here.