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Title	Author	Issue
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) “The Die is Now Cast”	Ellis, Joseph	November/December 2024
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) The Revolution Could Have Started Here	Thompson, Bob	Summer 2024
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Lafayette's Grand American Tour	Reese, Elizabeth	Summer 2024
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Save the Glover House!	Grosvenor, Edwin	Spring 2024
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) “Boston Harbor a Tea-pot This Night!”	Carp, Benjamin	Spring 2024
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) The Plight of Massachusetts Loyalists	Kerpelman, Larry	Spring 2024
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Glover and the “Indispensables” Save Washington’s Army	O'Donnell, Patrick	Spring 2024
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Home of John Glover Threatened with Demolition	Schultz, Nancy	Spring 2024
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Why Is the American Revolution So Important?	Warren, Jack	Spring 2024
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Brutal Reckoning in the Creek War	Cozzens, Peter	Winter 2024
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Banneker’s Answer to Jefferson: “I Am an American”	Larson, Edward	Fall 2023
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) The Student Who Exasperated George Washington	Clark, Charles	September 2023
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Samuel Adams Starts a Revolution	Schiff, Stacy	May 2023
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) The Dartmoor Massacre	Guyatt, Nicholas	October 2022
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) The Best Presidential Insults	Purdy, Mike	October 2022
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) American Rebels at Sea	Dolin, Eric	Summer 2022
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) “Times That Try Men’s Souls”	Unger, Harlow	Spring 2022
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) George Washington on September 11, 1776	Abarbanel, Karin	September/October 2021
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) George Washington Struggles with Slavery	Stewart, David	June 2021
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) George Washington: “The Tyrant, Instead of the Savior, of his Country"	Banning, Lance	February/March 2021
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) James Monroe’s “Furniture Fund”	Banner, James	February/March 2021
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) The Attempted Impeachment of Thomas Jefferson	Banning, Lance	February/March 2021
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Christmas Dinner at Mount Vernon	Grosvenor, Edwin	Winter 2021
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Lafayette: A Hero Among Heroes	Unger, Harlow	Summer 2021
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) The Widow Washington	Saxton, Martha	Fall 2020 George Washington Prize
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) The British Are Coming	Atkinson, Rick	Fall 2020 George Washington Prize
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Property of the Nation: Washington's Tomb	Costello, Matthew	Fall 2020 George Washington Prize
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) A Crisis of Peace		Fall 2020 George Washington Prize
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) In A World of Trouble	Godbeer, Richard	Fall 2020 George Washington Prize
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Thanksgiving Dinner During The Revolution	Editors, The	November 2020
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) British Ships Lost in 1780 Hurricanes	Grosvenor, Edwin	September 2020
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Did Hurricanes Save America?	Dolin, Eric	September 2020
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Boston's Freedom Trail	Glass, Brent	July/August 2020
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Yellow Fever Stalks the Founders	Fried, Stephen	Spring 2020
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Freedom of Religion: America’s Greatest Invention	Waldman, Steven	Winter 2020
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) John Marshall Saves the Republic	Unger, Harlow	Winter 2020
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) America’s Constitution Inspired the World	Howard, A.E.	Winter 2020
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Jefferson and the Declaration	Onuf, Peter	Winter 2020
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) George Washington Invents the Presidency	Ellis, Joseph	Winter 2020
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) The American Presidency	Beschloss, Michael	Winter 2020
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Madison and the Invention of Congress	Bordewich, Fergus	Winter 2020
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Heart of the Constitution: The Bill of Rights	Magliocca, Gerard	Winter 2020
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Revolution Song	Shorto, Russell	Fall 2019 - George Washington Prize Books
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) The Young George Washington	Stark, Peter	Fall 2019 - George Washington Prize Books
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) The Battle that Led to Victory at Yorktown	Philbrick, Nathaniel	Fall 2019 - George Washington Prize Books
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) The Tragedy of Benedict Arnold	Malcolm, Joyce	Fall 2019 - George Washington Prize Books
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) The Indian World of George Washington	Calloway, Colin	Fall 2019 - George Washington Prize Books
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Major Renovation Unveiled at Mount Vernon	Grosvenor, Edwin	Fall 2019 - George Washington Prize Books
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Benjamin Rush: the Visionary Doctor Who Became a Founding Father	Fried, Stephen	Fall 2019 - George Washington Prize Books
ERA 3: Revolution and the New Nation (1754–1820s) Jefferson’s Daughters	Kerrison, Catherine	Fall 2019 - George Washington Prize Books