Recommended reading?

[boileralum]

Not sure if this is totally Appleseed specific, so please forgive me if this should be placed in a different forum. I have read the book 'Paul Revere's Ride' that the history lessons at Appleseeds are based upon. Are there any other books covering the rest of the Revolutionary War that my fellow Riflemen would recommend reading? Trying to avoid anything with a modern political slant, but want something that isn't tainted by 2 centuries of educational system bias, either.

 

[rbsangler]

I have not read these but they come recommended to me by a Man I met at an Appleseed shooting event last April. The Author is Jeff Sharaa. 2 books about the preceding events of the Revolution. "Rise To Rebellion" and "The Glorious Cause."

 

[ol' Huff]

The Boston Campaign. Washington's Crossing. Rebels and Redcoats. The Day Is Ours

 

[Hawkeye]

Rifle Marksmanship by Peter Lessler. Great, relatively inexpensive book that covers a great deal of the "nuts and bolts" of rifle mshooting that you get practical spoonefeeding on at an Appleseed. None of the politics of 1775/1776.

 

[sloughfoot]

The Minute Men. By John R. Galvin
Myths and Realities of the American Revolution.

This book tells the story of America's first soldiers, starting over one hundred years before the revolution.

 

[boileralum]

Thanks all, filling up my cart on Amazon now!

 

[42769vette]

Thanks for making this thread. I ment to make the exact thread months ago after finishing Paul Revere's Ride, and forgot about it.

 

[lucky4034]

Paul Revere's Ride was a good book! I'd recommend it to anyone who comes to this thread... I'll have to check out some of these others.

 

[gstanley102]

I highly recommend Alan Eckerts Winning of America series.

Six or seven volumes not all connected directly with the revolution but good stuff about the birth of the country.

Don't bother with his last couple of rewrites. He went pc and the whole slant of the later books changed.

 

[sloughfoot]

I highly recommend Alan Eckerts Winning of America series.

Six or seven volumes not all connected directly with the revolution but good stuff about the birth of the country.

Don't bother with his last couple of rewrites. He went pc and the whole slant of the later books changed.

I am reading Twilight of Empire right now. Fascinating that Zachary Taylor, Abraham Lincoln, and Jefferson Davis all served together inn 1832 in the Blackhawk war in NW Illinois. Off topic I know, but I agree about the series. They are a manual for re-enactors.