Woody Holton

Liberty Is Sweet

The Hidden History of the American Revolution

A “deeply researched and bracing retelling” (Annette Gordon-Reed, Pulitzer Prize–winning historian) of the American Revolution, showing how the ...

Unruly Americans and the Origins of the Constitution

Average Americans Were the True Framers of the Constitution Woody Holton upends what we think we know of the Constitution's origins by telling the his...

Abigail Adams

Winner of the Bancroft Prize The New York Times Book Review, Editor’s Choice American Heritage, Best of 2009 In this vivid new biography of Abigail ...

Forced Founders

Indians, Debtors, Slaves, and the Making of the American Revolution in Virginia

In this provocative reinterpretation of one of the best-known events in American history, Woody Holton shows that when Thomas Jefferson, George Washin...

Black Americans in the Revolutionary Era

A Brief History with Documents

In this fresh look at liberty and freedom in the Revolutionary era from the perspective of black Americans, Woody Holton recounts the experiences of s...

American Revolution and Early Republic

In this fascinating examination of recent scholarship in early American Republic historiography, Woody Holton shifts the focus away from the typical F...

Give Me Liberty

Virginia & the Forging of a Nation

A signature souvenir volume celebrating the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution and exploring its legacy in Virginia. This highly illustrated...

Defending Slavery: Proslavery Thought in the South & New York Conspiracy Trials of 1741 & Black Americans in Revolutionary Era & Emancipation Proclamation & Crosscurrents in the Black Atlantic

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American Promise 4th Ed Value Edition + Reading the American Past 4th Ed Vol 1 + Crosscurrents in the Black Atlantic, 1770-1965 + Black Americans in the Revolutionary Era

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