Suggested Reading

We highly recommend the following books, many of which are available for purchase in our Visitor’s Center Shop. Stop in to check them out, as well as several other great books!

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Brandywine Battlefield Park by Thomas J. McGuire, 2011 – Clearly describes the battle; with three well-done maps and several photos.

Brandywine, by Michael C. Harris, 2014

The Philadelphia Campaign, Vol 1, Brandywine and the Fall of Philadelphia by Thomas J. McGuire, 2006

The Philadelphia Campaign, Vol 2, Germantown and the Roads to Valley Forge by Thomas J. McGuire, 2007

1776 by David McCullough, 2005 – Presents the war in 1776 giving perspective to the Philadelphia campaign of 1777.

Private Yankee Doodle by Joseph Plumb Martin, 1830 – The personal narrative of a private in the Continental army during the Revolutionary War.

Military Journal of the American Revolution 1775-1783 by James Thacher, MD, 1823 – Accounts of a Continental Army Surgeon on the war as he lived it.

General George Washington, a Military Life by Edward G. Lengel, 2005

George Washington’s Military Genius by Dave R. Palmer, 2012 – Palmer is a former superintendent of West Point.  He defines strategy then shows Washington’s strategic leadership in 18th century America.

1775: A Good Year For Revolution by Kevin Phillips, 2012 – Places the revolution in the context of it’s time then presents the battlegrounds of 1775 and their consequences.

Campaign to Valley Forge: July 1, 1777 – December 19, 1777 by John F. Reed, 1980

Patriot Battles: How the War of Independence was Fought by Michael Stephenson, 2007

Iron Tears: America’s Battle for Freedom, Britain’s Quagmire: 1775-1783 by Stanley Weintraub, 2005

With Zeal and With Bayonets Only: the British Army on Campaign in North America, 1775-1783 by Matthew H. Spring, 2008

Tories, Fighting for the King in America’s First Civil War by Thomas B. Allen, 2010 – A history of Loyalist leaders and unit engagements.

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