American History

Of note in the history of our Country is the fact that there are so many variations in the stories. So what is the Truth? It is hard to say. As my Grandpappy used to say "There are two sides to every story. And then there's the truth."

Paul Revere's Ride

By David Hackett Fisher - A well researched, engaging story, written in a style which is both factual and exciting, and is definitely not your average history book. Highly Recommended.

Free Books

Included below are Books which were printed many years ago and were scanned into PDF files and other formats. The truth is out there, just use your own discretion.

So download and save to your computer in order to preserve the record of our Country's Beginnings. Enjoy.

Paul Revere's Report on his Famous Ride

Written by Mr. Revere himself about the details as he experienced them.
You can read more about Mr. Revere at the Paul Revere Heritage Project.


Lexington, Birthplace of American-Liberty


Fred S Piper, 1902, Lexington Historical Society
AN ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE OF LEXINGTON - PAUL REVERE'S NARRATIVE OF HIS FAMOUS RIDE- A SKETCH OF THE TOWN AND THE PLACES OF HISTORIC INTEREST - INSCRIPTIONS ON ALL HISTORIC TABLETS - DIRECTORY - MAP AND NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS


Souvenir of Lexington


E.G. Porter, 1875, James R. Osgood and Company, Boston
Short story about Lexington and the 19th of April.


The Battle of April 19th, 1775, in Lexington, Concorde, Lincoln, and Cambridge


Frank Warren Coburn, 1912, Self Published


History of the Siege of Boston, and the Battles of Lexington, Concorde, and Bunker Hill


Richard Frothingham, 1903, Little, Brown, & Company


William Diamond's Drum, The Beginnings of the American Revolution


Arthur Bernon Tourtellot, 1959, Doubleday & Company


Beginnings of the American Revolution, Based on Contemporary Letters, Diaries & Documents


Ellen Chase, 1903, The Baker & Taylor Company


The American Revolution by John Fiske in Two Volumes

This deserves it's own special section. The Book is a heavily researched Labor of Love by John Fiske. He began work on this Project while employed at Harvard in 1872.

The Revelvant Information needed to tell the Three Strikes begins on Page 123 of Volume 1. However there will be those individuals that will wonder "Why did the Revolution Start?" To those with inquiring minds just begin on Page 1 of Volume 1.

The American Revolution - Volume 1

Illustrated with Maps, Facsimilies, Contemporary Views, Prints and other Historical Documents
John Fiske, 1896, Houghton, Mifflin, & Company

The American Revolution - Volume 2

Illustrated with Maps, Facsimilies, Contemporary Views, Prints and other Historical Documents
John Fiske, 1896, Houghton, Mifflin, & Company

 

Samuel Adams

If ye love wealth better than liberty, the tranquility of servitude better than the animating contest of freedom, go home from us in peace.

We seek not your counsel nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hands which feed you. May your chains set lightly upon you, and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen.



Levi Preston

Young man, what we meant in going for those Redcoats was this: we always had governed ourselves and we always meant to. They didn't mean we should.

Captain Levi Preston of Danvers, Massachusetts, interviewed about his participation in the first battle of the American Revolution many years later, at the age of 91 (around 1843)



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