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Reading Lists on the American Revolution


The reading lists below are from a variety of sources to assist in helping you select the best resources to learn more about the American Revolution and the role of the British Solider in that conflict. If you have a title you think should be included, please contact us.

  • The Basics
  • Published Primary Sources
  • Lists from GoodReads
  • Academic Reading Lists
Boyle, J. (2009). From Redcoat to Rebel: The Thomas Sullivan Journal. Heritage Press.
Hagist, D. (2012). British Soldiers, American War: Voices of the American Revolution. Westhomle Publishing.
Harvey, R. (2001). A Few Bloody Noses: The Realities and Mythologies of the American Revolution. The Overlook Press. Houlding, J. (1981). Fit for Service: The Training of the British Army, 1715-1795. Oxford University Press. 
Lamb, R. (2004). A British Soldier's Story: Roger Lamb's Narrative of the American Revolution. Don Hagist, ed. Ballindalloch Press. 
Martin, J. (1979). Private Yankee Doodle: Being a Narrative of Some of the Adventures, Dangers and Sufferings of a Revolutionary Soldier. Center for Cultural Resources. 
McConnell, M. (2005). Army and Empire: British Soldiers on the American Frontier, 1758-1775. University of Nebraska Press. 
Peebles, J. (1998). John Peebles' American War: The Diary of a Scottish Grenadier, 1776-1782. Stakepole Books. Spring, M. (2008). With Zeal and Bayonets Only: The British Army on Campaign in North America, 1775-1783. University of Oklahoma Press.
Urban, M. (2007). Fusiliers: The Saga of a British Redcoat Regiment in the American Revolution. Bloomsbury Publishing.

General Reference:
Boatner, M.M. (1994). Encyclopedia of the American Revolution, Harrisburg: Stackpole Books.
Howe. W. (1890). General Sir William Howe's Orderly Book at Charleson, Boston and Halifax. B. F. Stevens.

Journal of the American Revolution List of Beginning Books

Balderson, M. & Syrett, D. (1975). The Lost War: Letters from British Officers During the American Revolution. Horizon Press.
[Barker, J.] (1877). A British Officer in Boston, 1775, Atlantic Monthly. 39 (134). Boston: H.O.  Houghton, April, 389-401.
Lamb, R. (2004). A British Soldier's Story: Roger Lamb's Narrative of the American Revolution. Don Hagist, ed. Ballindalloch Press.
Peebles, J. (1998). John Peebles' American War: The Diary of a Scottish Grenadier, 1776-1782. Stakepole Books.

 

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