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Birth of a Nation: Reframing U.S.

As we celebrate the United States' independence, it's important to reflect and re-examine how and why our nation's founding has become such a mythic event. From the many unsung heroes of the American Revolution, to the collateral damage in the wake of Manifest Destiny, these books challenge the common narrative of our nation's birth and how we got to here.

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  • Founding Myths

    Stories That Hide Our Patriotic Past

    Raphael, Ray,
    Also check out his other books like "Founders: The People Who Brought You a Nation" and "A People's History of the American Revolution: How Common People Shaped the Fight for Independence"
    Book, 2014New York : New Press, 2014. — 973.3 RAPH
  • The 1619 Project

    a New Origin Story

    Book, 2021New York : One World, [2021] — 973 One
  • The Rediscovery of America

    Native Peoples and the Unmaking of U. S. History

    Blackhawk, Ned,
    Book, 2023New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Press, 2023. — 970.004 Bla
  • The Cause

    the American Revolution and Its Discontents, 1773-1783

    Ellis, Joseph J.
    Book, 2021New York, NY : Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company, [2021] — 973.3 Ell
  • These Truths

    a History of the United States

    Lepore, Jill, 1966-
    Book, 2018New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2018] — 973 Lep
  • American Scripture

    Making the Declaration of Independence

    Maier, Pauline, 1938-2013
    Book, 1998New York : Random House, 1998, c1997. — 973.313 M24a
  • Of Thee I Sing

    the Contested History of American Patriotism

    Railton, Ben, 1977-
    Book, 2021Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2021] — JK1759 .R34 2021
  • Union

    the Struggle to Forge the Story of United States Nationhood

    Woodard, Colin, 1968-
    Book, 2020[New York, New York] : Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2020] — 320.54 Woo
  • City on a Hill

    a History of American Exceptionalism

    Van Engen, Abram C., 1981-
    Book, 2020New Haven, CT : Yale University Press, [2020] — 973 Van
  • Revolution Song

    a Story of American Freedom

    Shorto, Russell,
    Book, 2018New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2018] — 973.3 Sho
  • Book, 2017New York : Crown, [2017] — 973.31 Hoo