This bibliography is intended to be neither exhaustive nor all-inclusive for the period. Rather it is simply a sampling of books from the author's personal library demom strafing a diversity of topics related to the American Revolution on varying levels of technical complexity. Many of the works cited herein contain large bibliographies of their own which will send the avid researcher further in areas of specialized interests.
GENERAL
Aimone, Alan (Comp.), Bibliography of Military History West Point, New York: United States Military Academv Library Bulletin Number 14A, 1978.
Boatner, Mark Mayo l l l, Encyclopedia of the American Revolution, New York: David McKay, 1974.
Dimock, Martha McHutchison, A Chronicle of the American Revolution 176~1783, New York: Harper & Row, 1976.
Gross, Robert A., The Minutemen and Their World, New York: Hill and Wang, 1976.
McDowell, Bart, The Revolutionary War: America's Fight for Freedom, Washington D.C.: National Geographic Society, 1968.
Morris, Richard B., The American Revolution: A Short History, Princeton, N.J.: D. Van Nostrand Company, Inc., 1955.
Morrison, Samuel Elliot (Editor), Sources and Documents Illustrating the American Revolution 17641788 and the Formation of the Federal Constitution, London: Oxford University Press, 1965.
SCHOLARLY STUDIES
Bialyn, Bernard, The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution, Cambridge, Massachusetts: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1968.
Gibson, Lawrence Henry, The American Revolution as an Aftermath of the Great War for the Empire, 17541763, as in: "Political Science Quarterly", LXV, March 1950, pages 80-104.
Greene, Jack P. (Editor), The Reinterpretation of the American Revolution 1776-1789, New York: Harper & Row, 1968.
Howe, John R., Jr. (Editor), The Role of Ideology in the American Revolution, New York Robert E. Krieger Publishing Company, 1970.
Jacobson, David L. (Editor), Essays on the American Revolution, New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, Inc., 1970.
Labaree, Benjamin Woods, The Boston Tea Party, London: Oxford University Press,.1966.
Morgan, Edmund S. and Helen M., The Stamp Act Crisis: Prologue to Revolution, London: Collier-MacMillan Ltd.,1970.
MILITARY HISTORY OF SPECIFIC LOCALES
Bill, Alfred Hoyt, New Jersey and the Revolutionary War, New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press 1964.
Fredriksen, Beatrice (Comp.), The Role of Dutches County During the American Revolution, New York: A Dutchess County American Revolution Bicentennial Project, 1976.
Klein, Milton M. (Comp.), New York in the American Revolution: A Bibliography, Albany: New York State Bicentennial Commission, 1974.
Leiby, Adrian C., The Revolutionary War in the Hackensack Valley, New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press, 1962.
Martin, Joseph Plumb, A Soldier at Morristown, Morristown, New Jersey: Eastern National Park and Monument Association, 1975. New Hampshire's Role in the American Revolution, 1763-1789: A Bibliography, Concord: New Hampshire American Revolution Bicentennial Commission, 1974.
Smith, Samuel S., Monmouth Battlefield in Maps and Pictures, Monmouth, New Jersey: Philip Freneau Press, 1978.
Stryker, William S., New Jersey Continental Line in the Virginia Campaign of 1781, Trenton, New Jersey: John L. Murphy, Fine Books, 1882. Reprinted: Saddle River, New Jersey: K/S Historical Publications, 1970. The Hudson Valley and the American Revolution, Albany: New York State Historic Trust, 1968.
MlLITARY COMMENTARY
Berg, Fred Anderson, Encyclopedia of Continental Army Units: Battalions, Regiments and Independent Corps, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books, 1972.
Cumming, William P. and Rankin, Hugh E. (Editors), The Fate of a Nation: The American Revolution through Contemporary Eyes, London: Phaidon Press, Ltd., 1975. Johnson, Curt, Battles of the American Revolution, New York: Rand McNally & Company, 1975.
Lancaster, Bruce and Plumb, J.H., The American Heritage Book of the Revolution, New York: The American Heritage Publishing Company, 1958.
Macksey, Piers, British Strategy in the War of American Independence, as in: "The Yale Review", LII, 1963, pages 539-557.
Mazur, D. Bennett and Daniels, Wayne M., The Massacre of Baylor's Dragoons, Hackensack, New Jersey: Bergen County Board of Chosen Freeholders, 1968.
Mitchell, Lt. Col. Joseph B., Decisive Battles af the American Revolution, Greenwich, Connecticut: Fawcett Books, 1962.
Nebenzahl, Kenneth and Higginbotham, Donald, Atlas of the American Revolution, New York: Rand McNally & CO., 1974. New York Historical Society's Early American Orderly Books, 1746-1817, Woodbridge, Connecticut: Research Publications, 1977.
Sawtell, Clement C. (Editor), The Nineteenth of April, 1775: A Collection of First Hand Accounts, New London, New Hampshire: The Country Press, Inc., 1968.
Scheer, George F. and Rankin, Hugh F. (Editors), Rebels and Redcoats, New York: The World Publishing Company, 1957.
Wallace, Willard, Appeal to Arms: A Military History of the American Revolution, Chicago: Quadrangle Books, 1951. Wheeler, Richard, Voices of 1776, Greenwich, Connecticut: Fawcett Books, 1962.
UNIFORMS, FLAGS AND EQUIPMENT
Davis, Gherardi, Regimental Colors in the War of the Revolution, Winchester, Massachusetts: The Flag Research Center, 1977.
Katcher, Phillip, The American Provincial Corps 1776-1784, Berkshire, Great Britain: Osprey Publishing Company, Ltd., 1973.
Kemp, Alan, American Soldiers of the Revolution, London: Almark Publishing Company, Ltd., 1972.
Manucy, Albert, Artillery Through the Ages: A Short Illustrated History of Cannon, Emphasizing Types Used In America, Washington D.C., United States Government Printing Office, 1956.
May, Robin, The British Army in North America 1775- 1783, New York: Hippocrene Books, 1974.
Mollo, John and McGregor, Malcome, Uniforms of the American Revolution, New York: MacMillan Publishing Company, 1975.
Neumann, George C., Swords and Blades of the American Revolution, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books, 1975. Neumann, George C., The History of Weapons of the American Revolution, New York: Bonanza Books, 1967.
Neumann, George C. and Kravic, Frank J., Collector's Encyclopedia of the American Revolution, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Stackpole Books, 1975.
Peterson, Harold L., The Book of the Continental Soldier, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania: Stockpole Books, 1968.
Young, Peter, George Washington's Army, New York: Hippocrene Books, 1973.
BASIC BIBLIOGRAPHY FOR AMR WARGAMERS
BY STEVE HALLER
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Avery, Elroy McKendrie. A History of the United States and its People. Cleveland, Burrows, 1909. Volumes V and VI. The Brigade Dispatch. Flushing, New York: The Brigade of the American Revolution, 1964.
Carrington, Henry B., Battles of the American Revolution, 1775-1781. New York, A.S. Barnes, 1877.
Copeland, Peter F., Uniforms of the Revolution Coloring Book. New York, Dover Publications, 1974.
Curtis, Edward E., The Organization of the British Army in the American Revolution. New Haven, Yale Press, 1926.
Darling, Anthony D., Red Coat and Brown Bess., Ottawa, Canada, Museum Restoration Service, 1970.
Eekling, Max von, The Cerman Allied Troops in the North American War of Independence, Albany, J. Munsell, 1893.
Gabriel, Ralph H. and Wood, William, The Winning of Freedom, vol. Vl of The Pageant of America, New Haven, Yale Press, 1927. Color plates by H.A. Ogden. Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research, London, Society for Army Historical Research, 1921-date.
Kannik, Preben. Military Uniforms of the World in Color, New York, MacMillan Co., 1968. Katcher, Philip R., Encyclopedia of British, Provincial and German Army Units, 1775-1783, Harrisburg, Stackpole, 1973.
Kemp, Alan, The British Army of the American Revolution, London, Almark Publishing, Ltd., 1973.
Kipping, Ernst., The Hessian View of America, 1776- 1783, Monmouth Beach, New Jersey, Philip Freneau Press, 1971.
Kredel, Fritz, and Todd, Fredrick P., Soldiers of the American Army, 1775-1954, Chicago, Henry Regnert Co., 1954. Lawson, Cecil C.P., A History of the Uniforms of the British Army, 5 volumes. London, Norman Military Publications, 1961. See especially volume III).
Lefferts, Charles M., Uniforms of the American, British, French and German Armies in the War of the American Revolution, 1775-1783, Old Greenwich, WE Inc., 1971. Reprint of original 1926 edition. Lossing, Benson I. Pictorial Fieldbook of the Revolution, two volumes. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1854. Since reprinted.
Lowell, E.J., The Hessians and Other German Auxiliaries of Great Britian in the Revolutionary War, New York, Harper and Brothers, 1884. Military Collector and Historian: Journal of the Company of Military Historians, Washington, D.C., The Company of Military Historians, 1948-date.
Nelson, Henry L., and Ogden, H.A., Uniforms of the United States Army, New York, T. Yoseloff, 1959. Reprint of 1890 edition. Peterson, Harold L., Book of the Continental Soldier, Harrisburg, Stackpole, 1968.
Peterson, Harold L., Round Shot & Rammer, New York, Bonanza Book, 1969.
Risley, Clyde A., and Imrie, William F., Coloring Book of Soldiers of the American Revolution, Copieague, NY, I/R Min., 1973.
Schermerhorn, Frank E., American and French Flags of the Revolution, 1775-1783, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the Revolution, 1948.
Smith, Samuel S. Four books published by Philip Freneau Press on Trenton, Princeton, Monmouth and the fight for Delaware.
Ward, Christopher, The War of the Revolution, two volumes, New York, MacMillan Co., 1952. Moore, Warren, Weapons of the American Revolution, New York, Fund and Wagnalis, 1967.
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