Current Series Catalogue
A More Perfect Union:
From Revolution to Republic
America’s move from small English outpost to independent country
was fraught with war, competing interests, divided loyalties, and
political and economic concerns which endangered its success. Starting
with the turning point in the Revolutionary War, to modern day thoughts
on our Founding Fathers, this series seeks to correct misconceptions
and myths concerning the early years of the United States. While
the Nation’s goals were righteous, achieving them was a brutal
business which was sometimes less than noble.
Richard M. Ketchum, Victory at Yorktown
Focusing on the latter half of the Revolutionary War, culminating
in Cornwallis's surrender at Yorktown, Ketchum shows the importance
of the year 1780 in turning the tide of the war.
Julie Winch, A Gentleman of Color: The Life
of James Forten
This critical biography, the first serious work on his life and
legacy, not only restores him to his rightful place in American
history, but also presents readers with an invigorating and challenging
new portrait of pre- and post-Revolutionary race relations and identities.
Catherine Drinker Bowen, Miracle At Philadelphia
There are many misconceptions that exist in our society regarding
what the Constitution is and isn't; what it was meant to create
and protect and what it does not. Despite the ideological disagreements,
perhaps one thing can be agreed to: the Constitution is a political
masterpiece and its creation among jealous states and competing
interests was a miracle.
Lawrence Goldstone, Dark Bargain: Slavery,
Profits and the Struggle for the Constitution
Goldstone chronicles the forging of the Constitution through the
prism of the crucial compromises made by men consumed with the needs
of the slave economy.
Roger Wilkins, Jefferson’s Pillow: The Founding Fathers
and the Dilemma of Black Patriotism
Roger Wilkins asks, “Can I embrace founders who may have ‘owned’
some of my ancestors?” Wilkins’s ringing affirmation of
his dual loyalties offers an extraordinarily thoughtful and illuminating
meditation on American history, in which he weaves family traditions
and personal experience to form a deeply moving testament that is
part history and part autobiography.
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This series was developed with funds from the Delaware Humanities
Forum, a state agency of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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