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Suggested Reading
 

Birthplace of an Army
by John Trussell
formerly PA Historical Museum Commission

Epic on the Schuylkill
by John Trussell
PennsylvaniaHistorical Museum Commission (PHMC)
ISBN: 0911124810

Great and Capital Change
by Barbara Pollarine
Thomas Publications
ISBN: 0939631547

Valley Forge Winter
by Wayne Bodle
PennState UniversityPress
ISBN: 0271025263

Washington's Secret War
by Thomas Fleming
HarperCollins (Smithsonian Books)
ISBN: 0060872934 (paperback)  0060829621 (hardback)

Valley Forge: Making a Remaking a National Symbol
by Lorett Treese
PennState UniversityPress
ISBN: 0271014032

Valley Forge (kid’s book)
by Richard Ammon
HolidayHouse
ISBN: 0823420167

The Winter at Valley Forge (kid’s book)
by James E. Knight
Troll
ISBN: 0816749752

Valley Forge: Cornerstones of Freedom (kid’s book)
by R. Conrad Stein
Children’s Press
ISBN: 0516265105

A Narrative of a Revolutionary Soldier
by Joseph Plumb Martin & Thomas Fleming
Penguin
ISBN: 0451528115

Memoir of a Revolutionary Soldier: The Narrative of Joseph Plumb Martin
by Joseph Plumb Martin
Dover
ISBN: 0486451461

Yankee Doodle Boy: A Young Soldiers Adventures in the Revolutionary War(kid’s book)
by Joseph Plumb Martin
HolidayHouse
ISBN: 082341180X

Washington: The Indispensable Man
by Thomas Flexner
unknown publisher

A History of the American Revolution
by John Alden
Da Capo Press
ISBN: 0306803666

The American Revolution
by Bruce Lancaster
Houghton Mifflin
ISBN: 0618127399

The American Revolution
by Gordon Wood
Random House
ISBN: 0753818078 (paperback)  1842126806  (hardcover)

The Glorious Cause: The American Revolution, 1763-1789
by Robert Middlekauff
OxfordUniversityPress
ISBN: 019531588X (paperback)

The War of American Independence
by Don Higginbotham
Northeastern
ISBN: 0930350448

The War for America
By Piers Mackesy
Universityof NebraskaPress
ISBN: 0803281927

The Philadelphia Campaign: Volumes 1 & 2
by Thomas McGuire
Stackpole Books
ISBN’s: 0811701786 & 0811702065

Campaign to Valley Forge
by John F. Reed
Pioneer Press
ISBN: 0913150428

The Road to Valley Forge
by John Buchanan
Wiley
ISBN: 0471441562

1777: The Year of the Hangman
by John Pancake
Universityof AlabamaPress
ISBN: 0817306870

The Surprise of Germantown
By Thomas McGuire
Thomas Publications
ISBN: 0939631776

Philadelphia 1777
by Justin Clement
Osprey
ISBN: 1846030331

Monmouth 1778
by Brendan Morrissey
Osprey
ISBN: 1841767727

Continental Infantryman of the American Revolution
by John Milsop
Osprey
ISBN: 1841765864

General Washington’s Army (1) 1775-78
by Marko Zlatich
Osprey
ISBN: 1855323842

General Washington’s Army (2) 1779-1783
by Marko Zlatich
Osprey
ISBN: 185532590X

American War of Independence Commanders
by Rene Chartrand
Osprey
ISBN: 1841765686

The Battle of Monmouth
by William Stryker
Longstreet House
ISBN: 0944413609

Washington’s Indispensable Men
by Arthur Lefkowitz
Stackpole Books
ISBN: 0811716465

Baron von Steuben’s Revolutionary War Drill Manual
By Frederick William Baron von Steuben
Dover
ISBN: 0486249344

George Washington and the American Military Tradition
by Don Higginbotham
Universityof Georgia Press
ISBN: 0820324000

A Revolutionary People at War
by Charles Royster
Universityof North CarolinaPress
ISBN: 0807846066

A Proper Sense of Honor
by Caroline Cox
Universityof North CarolinaPress
ISBN: 0807858617 (paperback)  080782884X (hardcover)

George Washington’s Generals and their Opponents
by George Athan Billias
Da Capo Press
ISBN: 030680560X

Revolutionary Soldier: 1775-1783
by C. Keith Wilbur
Globe Pequot
ISBN: 1564401669

Revolutionary Medicine
by C. Keith Wilbur
Globe Pequot
ISBN: 0762701390

Belonging to the Army
by Holly Mayer
Universityof South CarolinaPress
ISBN: 1570033390

Women of the Republic
by Linda Kerber
Universityof North CarolinaPress
ISBN: 0807846325

The Negro in the American Revolution
by Benjamin Quarles
Universityof North CarolinaPress
ISBN: 0807846031

Race and Revolution
by Gary Nash
Rowman
ISBN: 0945612214

Come all You Brave Soldiers
by Clinton Cox
Scholastic
ISBN: 0590475770 (paperback)  0590475762 (hardcover)

Forgotton Allies: The Oneida Indians and the American Revolution
by Joseph T. Glattaar
von Holtzbrinck
ISBN: 0809046008

Don Troiani’s Soldiers of the American Revolution
by Don Troiani & James L. Kochan
Stackpole
ISBN: 0811733238

His Excellency
by Joseph Ellis
Random House
ISBN: 1400032539 (paperback)  0571212123 (hardcover)

Lafayette
by Harlow Giles Unger
Wiley
ISBN: 0471468851 (paperback)  0471394327 (hardcover)

Washington’s General: Nathanael Greene
by Terry Golway
von Holtzbrinck
ISBN: 0805080058 (paperback)  0805070664 (hardcover)

Major General Anthony Wayne and the Pennsylvania Line
by Charles J. Stille
Kessinger Publishing
ISBN: 0548377804

Biography of Baron von Steuben
by Don Heinrich Tolzmann
Heritage Books
ISBN: 0788410660

The Life of Frederick William von Steuben
by Friedrich Kapp
Kessinger Publishing
ISBN: 1428602003

Martha Washington: An American Life
by Patricia Brady
Penguin
ISBN: 0143037137 (paperback)  

Sally Wister’s Journal
by Sally Wister
Applewood
ISBN: 1557091145

Rebels and Redcoats
by George F. Scheer
Da Capo
ISBN: 0306803070

Writings from the Valley Forge Encampment: Volumes 1-6
edited by Joseph Lee Boyle
Heritage Books
ISBN’s:0788415298, 0788418254, 0788420275, 078842288X, 0788425617, 0788442910

Collectors Illustrated Encyclopedia of the American Revolution
by George Neumann
Scurlock
ISBN: 0960566678

BattleWeapons of the American Revolution
by George Neumann
Scurlock
ISBN: 1880655128

Alexander Hamilton
by Ron Chernow
Penguin
ISBN: 1594200092

John Laurens and the American Revolution
by Gregory D. Massey
Universityof South CarolinaPress
ISBN: 1570033307

Pox Americana
by Elizabeth Fenn
von Holtzbrinck
ISBN: 080907821X

What Can’t Brave Americans Endure? The New Jersey Infantry and Valley Forge
by Joseph Lee Boyle
Clearfield
ISBN: 0806351136

Firecake and Water: The Connecticut Infantry at Valley Forge
by Joseph Lee Boyle
Clearfield
ISBN: 0806349131

Death Seem’d to Stare: The New Hampshire and Rhode Island Regiments at Valley Forge
by Joseph Lee Boyle
Clearfield
ISBN: 0806352671

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Photo of General Washington's Headquarters from the early 20th century  

Did You Know?
Following the Civil War, a patriotic organization worked to raise funds to purchase the Isaac Potts house as an historic site. By the 1880's, the house was open to the public, followed by the establishment of Valley Forge State Park in 1893.

Last Updated: December 04, 2008 at 13:18 EST