DAR Nonfiction November 2022 - hosted by pondering_books

NSDAR Award Winner
Read one of the past NSDAR Excellence in American History Book Award winners (or Children's winners). (Past winners added to the prompt already for easy locating.)
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History Smashers: The American Revolution by Kate Messner

History Smashers: The American Revolution

History Smashers

Kate Messner with Justin Greenwood (Illustrator)

nonfiction childrens history politics science informative reflective medium-paced

224 pages

Fourteenth Colony: The Forgotten Story of the Gulf South During America's Revolutionary Era by Mike Bunn

Fourteenth Colony: The Forgotten Story of the Gulf South During America's Revolutionary Era

Mike Bunn

nonfiction history informative medium-paced

304 pages

The Indian World of George Washington: The First President, the First Americans, and the Birth of the Nation by Colin G. Calloway

The Indian World of George Washington: The First President, the First Americans, and the Birth of the Nation

Colin G. Calloway

nonfiction biography history challenging informative reflective slow-paced

640 pages | first published 2018

The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777 by Rick Atkinson

The British Are Coming: The War for America, Lexington to Princeton, 1775-1777

The Revolution Trilogy #1

Rick Atkinson

nonfiction history informative slow-paced

800 pages | first published 2019

The Cabinet: George Washington and the Creation of an American Institution by Lindsay M. Chervinsky

The Cabinet: George Washington and the Creation of an American Institution

Lindsay M. Chervinsky

nonfiction history politics informative reflective slow-paced

432 pages | first published 2020

George Washington's Secret Six (Young Readers Adaptation): The Spies Who Saved America by Don Yaeger, Brian Kilmeade

George Washington's Secret Six (Young Readers Adaptation): The Spies Who Saved America

Don Yaeger, Brian Kilmeade

nonfiction historical history informative slow-paced

176 pages | first published 2019

Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge: George and Martha Washington's Courageous Slave Who Dared to Run Away; Young Readers Edition by Kathleen Van Cleve, Erica Armstrong Dunbar

Never Caught, the Story of Ona Judge: George and Martha Washington's Courageous Slave Who Dared to Run Away; Young Readers Edition

Kathleen Van Cleve, Erica Armstrong Dunbar

nonfiction biography history middle grade challenging informative reflective medium-paced

272 pages | first published 2019

Washington's Immortals: The Untold Story of an Elite Regiment Who Changed the Course of the Revolution by Patrick K. O'Donnell

Washington's Immortals: The Untold Story of an Elite Regiment Who Changed the Course of the Revolution

Patrick K. O'Donnell

nonfiction history informative medium-paced

336 pages | first published 2016

The Founding Fathers!: Those Horse-Ridin', Fiddle-Playin', Book-Readin', Gun-Totin' Gentlemen Who Started America by Jonah Winter

The Founding Fathers!: Those Horse-Ridin', Fiddle-Playin', Book-Readin', Gun-Totin' Gentlemen Who Started America

Jonah Winter with Barry Blitt (Illustrator)

nonfiction biography history funny informative lighthearted fast-paced

48 pages | first published 2013

Scars of Independence: America's Violent Birth by Holger Hoock

Scars of Independence: America's Violent Birth

Holger Hoock

nonfiction history informative slow-paced

480 pages | first published 2017