Colonial Wars: The French and Indian Wars, 1690-1765.

Resources for all ages:
Chronicle of America: American Revolution, 1700-1800 - Joy Masoff (illustrated with photos from America’s museums)

1-3 Overview of the era
Struggle for a Continent: The French and Indian War, 1689-1763 - Betsy and Giulio Maestro CB
Specific events
Ben Franklin’s Glass Armonica - Byrna Stevens (invention of harmonica) B
Biography
What’s the Big Idea, Ben Franklin? - Jean Fritz (exceptional biography with humorous twist) E
Amazing Life of Benjamin Franklin - James Cross Giblin, Michael Dooling (accurate and beautiful) VP
d’Aulaire’s Benjamin Franklin - Ingri and Edgar d’Aulaire (narrative story by acclaimed authors and illustrators) B
Meet Benjamin Franklin - Maggie Scarf (Meet Famous Americans, Step-up biography series, 2nd-3rd grades) G
Young Ben Franklin - Laurence Santrey (Troll Easy Biography) G
Many Lives of Benjamin Franklin - Aliki (story of American renaissance man and founder) G
Daniel Boone: Frontier Adventures - Keith Brandt (Troll Easy Biography series) G
Historical fiction
Charlie’s House - Clyde Robert Bulla (indentured servitude, 3rd - 4th grade reading level)
Matchlock Gun - Walter Edmonds (boy protects mother during Indian raid) N
Tomahawks and Trombones - Barbara Mitchell (set during the French and Indian War) B
Culture
If You Lived With the Iroquois - Ellen Levine (powerful northeastern tribe, way of life, culture, language, family life) E
If You Lived in Williamsburg in Colonial Times - Barbara Brenner (way of life and society)
If You Lived in Colonial Times - Ann McGovern (way of life and society) G
Seventh and Walnut: Life in Colonial Philadelphia - James Knight (city life at the end of colonial times, 3rd-4th level)
Village: Life in Colonial Times - James Knight (village life, Adventures in Colonial America series, 3rd-4th)
Colonial and Early American Fashions Coloring Book - Tom Tierney (Dover coloring book, 17th-18th century) D

4-6 Overview of the era
Story of the Thirteen Colonies - H. A. Guerber (1896 narrative history republished by Nothing New Press)
Story of the Thirteen Colonies - Clifford Lindsey Alderman (English colonies on the Atlantic seaboard) L
Colonial Wars: Clashes in the Wilderness - Alden R. Carter (American Military History series) G
Colonial Children: Source Readers in American History No. 1 - Albert Bushnell Hart (first-hand accounts) CB
Specific events
George Washington: Frontier Colonel - Sterling North (Washington’s campaigns during the frontier wars) L
Rogers’ Rangers and the French and Indian War - Bradford Smith L
Evangeline and the Acadians - Robert Tallant (resettlement of French after Canada falls to the English) L
Westward Adventure: True Stories of Six Pioneers - William O. Steele B
African-Americans in the Thirteen Colonies - Deborah Kent (both slave and free; Cornerstones of Freedom series)
Biography
John Peter Zenger: Free Press Advocate - Karen Westermann (New York newspaperman, 1697-1746)
Jonathan Edwards: Colonial Religious Leader - Norma Jean Lutz (Great Awakening leader, 1703-1758)
Jonathan Edwards, the Great Awakener - Helen Kooiman Hosier (Heroes of the Faith series, 6th-7th grade)
George Whitefield: Clergyman and Scholar - Susan Martins Miller (Great Awakening leader, 1714-1770)
George Whitefield, Pioneering Evangelist - Bruce Fish (Heroes of the Faith series, 6th-7th grade)
Life of Ben Franklin: From Boyhood to Manhood - William M. Thayer (accurate, respects Christian faith) CB
Benjamin Franklin: American Statesman, Scientist, and Writer - Bruce Fish (Colonial Leaders series)
Ben Franklin of Old Philadelphia - Margaret Cousins L
Ben and Me - Robert Lawson (fictionalized biography; light-hearted look at Ben’s life) E
Ben Franklin, Young Printer - Augusta Stevenson (Childhood of Famous Americans)
Benjamin Franklin: Man of Science - Irmengarde Eberle (Immortals of Science series, his scientific investigations)
Benjamin Franklin’s Adventures with Electricty - Beverly Birch, Robin Corfield (recreate his experiments) BF
Poor Richard - James Daugherty (excellent biography of Ben Franklin by master storyteller) A
Daniel Boone - John Mason Brown (the time between French and Indian War and American Revolution) L
Daniel Boone - James Daugherty (wonderful biography by acclaimed children’s author) N
Daniel Boone, Young Hunter - Augusta Stevenson (Childhood of Famous Americans series) E
Wilderness Wife - Etta de Gering (the story Rebecca Boone, wife of Daniel) B
Historical fiction
Hitty: Her First Hundred Years - Rachel Field (100 years in the life of a doll in colonial America) N
Madeleine Takes Command - Ethel C. Brill (1690’s Canada, girl saves family’s fort when Iroquois Indians attack) BB
Queen Anne’s War - Joann A. Grote (1710 Boston, American Adventure series #5) G
Danger in the Harbor - Joann A. Grote (Boston during Queen Anne’s War, American Adventure series #6) G
Tomahawk Border - William O. Steele (set in Ft. Christiana, Virginia in 1714)
Smallpox Strikes: Cotton Mather’s Bold Experiment - Norma Jean Lutz (smallpox epidemic hits 1721 Boston) G
Maggie’s Choice - Norma Jean Lutz (Maggie and the Great Awakening, 1740’s Boston, American Adventure #8) G
Calico Bush - Rachel Field (1743, story of French indentured servant in the colonies) H
Wayah of the Real People - William O. Steele (Indians near Williamsburg, 1752-53)
Duel in the Wilderness - Karin Clafford Farley (Major George Washington’s mission in the Ohio wilderness, 1753-54) VP
I am Regina - Sally Keene (true story of girl kidnapped by Indians, 1755, Christian faith helps her survive captivity) BF
Redskin and Colonist - G. A. Henty (set in 1754-63 America during the French and Indian War)
With Wolfe in Canada: The Winning of a Continent - G. A. Henty (English general that took Quebec, 1759)
Sign of the Beaver - Elizabeth George Speare (white boy and Indian boy become friends in colonial New England) G
Night Journeys - Avi (set in 1760’s Pennsylvania, Quaker family) B
Literature
Whistle - Benjamin Franklin (wisdom from Ben’s Poor Richard’s Almanack)
Culture
Boys and Girls of Colonial Days - Carolyn Bailey, Michael J. McHugh (true stories of children) E
Shaw’s Plantation: The Picture Story of a Colonial Plantation - Edwin Tunis (excellent depiction)
Little Book of Early American Crafts and Trades - Peter Stockham (reprint of 1807 children’s book, illustrated) D
Colonial Craftsmen and the Beginnings of American Industry 1600-1775 - Edwin Tunis
Colonial Living - Edwin Tunis (another excellent description of life by accomplished author) B
Tavern at the Ferry - Edwin Tunis (1687-1787, 100 years along the Delaware River) B
Colonial Days: American Kids in History - David C. King (1732, book of projects, games, activities, recipes)
Colonial Cookbook - Lucille Recht Penner (much, much more than recipes - fascinating!)
Good Land - Patricia Mitchell (cookbook based on primary sources, Indian and early colonial foods) VP
Art of Colonial America - Shirley Glubok

7-9 Overview of the era
Struggle for a Continent: The French and Indian Wars - Albert Marrin (very good narrative history) G
France and England in North America Vol. 2 - Francis Parkman (Frontenac, French and Indian War, Montcalm, Wolfe)
Specific events
Redeemed Captive - John Williams (pastor and family attacked, harrowing captivity with Indians, French, 1704) VP
Bulletproof George Washington - David Barton (God’s supernatural protection during the colonial wars)
Montcalm and Wolfe - Francis Parkman (the battle for Quebec by acclaimed 19th century historian)
Conspiracy of Pontiac - Francis Parkman (acclaimed history of final chapter in the French and Indian War)
Biography
Jonathan and Sarah: An Uncommon Union - Edna Gerstner (the story of Jonathan Edwards’ life, from diaries) VP
Forgotten Founding Father: The Heroic Legacy of George Whitefield - Stephen Mansfield (Great Awakening) VP
Molly Bannaky - Alice McGill (indentured servant becomes the grandmother of Benjamin Banneker; novelized) G
Autobiography - Benjamin Franklin (the story of his life up to his pre-war stay in London) W, R
Soldier of Virginia - Marjorie Bowen (novelized but accurate life of George Washington during the Colonial Wars)
Daniel Boone: His Own Story; Daniel Boone: The Kentucky Rifleman - Daniel Boone, Francis Lister Hawkes VP
Historical fiction
Young Puritans in King Philip’s War - Mary Prudence Smith (set during 1675-76) S
Shadows on the Rock - Willa Cather (set in 1697-1713 Quebec) A
Yemassee - William Gilmore Simms (set in the early 1700’s, Indians in South Carolina) A
Deerslayer - James Fenimore Cooper (set in upper New York in 1740) A
High Wind Rising - Elsie Singmaster (set during 1728-55, story of the Six Nations of the Iroquois) A
Light in the Forest - Conrad Richter (Pennsylvania boy captured and raised by Indians) A
With Pipe, Paddle, and Song - Elizabeth Yates (1750’s Canada, Indian-French teen comes to terms with both cultures) BB
Calico Captive - Elizabeth George Speare (1754, young girl captured by Indians, taken to Canada, sold to the French) G
Evangeline - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1755, Acadians’ exile mandated by British after capture of Canada) A
Pathfinder - James Fenimore Cooper (set in 1756 during the French and Indian War) R
Last of the Mohicans - James Fenimore Cooper (1757 during the wars; one of the great stories of Western Lit) A
Indian Captive: The Story of Mary Jemison - Lois Lenski (true story; captured in 1758 during the wars) NH
Satanstoe - James Fenimore Cooper (travels in New York and Ticonderoga in 1751-58) A
Seats of the Mighty - Sir Gilbert Parker (set during the Fall of Quebec in 1759) A
Great Valley - Mary Johnston (set in 1735-60 Virginia; Scottish Presbyterian minister in North America) A
Virginia Comedians - John Esten Cooke (set in 1764 Virginia; a vivid picture of places and events) A
Literature
Poor Richard’s Almanack - Benjamin Franklin (published from 1732-57, famous sayings and essays) A
Wit and Wisdom from Poor Richard’s Almanack - Benjamin Franklin (wonderful selections) D
Way to Wealth - Benjamin Franklin (excellent essay published in 1758; Applewood Books) A
Legend of Sleepy Hollow - Washington Irving (New York legend, local character, culture, and flavor) A
Rip Van Winkle - Washington Irving (fairy tale set in the Hudson Valley, colonial New York) A
Culture
Journal of Madam Knight - Sarah Kemble Knight (Boston to New York horseback journey, 1704-05, witty; insightful) A
Slumps, Grunts and Snickerdoodles: What Colonial America Ate - Lila Perl (much more than recipes, fascinating!) B
Art of Cookery Made Plain and Easy - Hannah Glasse (popular 18th-century English cookbook, widely used in colonies)
Sketches of 18th Century America - Michel Guillame Crevecoeur (colonial life) A

10-12 Overview of the era
Winning of America - Allan W. Eckert (good chronicle of the French and Indian Wars)
Colonial Experience, 1607-1774 - Clarence B. Carson (from a Christian conservative historian) G
Specific events
Women's Indian Captivity Narratives - Kathryn Zabelle Derounian-Stodola (10 primary source accounts of captivity)
Guns At the Fork - Walter O’Meara (story of the battle of Ft. Duquesne and Braddock’s defeat)
Biography
Jonathan Edwards: A New Biography - Iain Murray (famous preacher of the Great Awakening) VP
George Whitefield: God’s Annointed Servant in the Great Revival of the 18th Century - Arnold Dallimore VF
Benjamin Franklin - Carl Van Doren (Franklin lived 1706-90, Pulitzer Prize winning biography) P
Life of Daniel Boone - Lyman C. Draper, Ted Franklin Belue (authoritative, based on 1850’s text)
Historical fiction
In the Valley - Harold Frederic (set in the Mohawk valley during the French and Indian Wars) A
Prospering - Elizabeth George Speare (mission to Indians during the French and Indian War; excellent)
Northwest Passage - Kenneth Roberts (set during the background of the Roger’s Rangers) A
Literature
Treatise on Religious Affections - Jonathan Edwards (Edwards lived from 1703-58, famous preacher in America) C
Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God - Jonathan Edwards (Great Awakening sermon, 1740-41) VP
Justification by Faith Alone - Jonathan Edwards (exposition; salvation by faith or works, why it is by faith alone) VF
Jonathan Edwards: A Mini-Theology - John Gerstner (theology of the Great Awakening preacher) VF
Diary - David Brainerd (Brainerd lived 1718-47, was missionary to the Indians, inspiring diary) C
Cato’s Letters - John Trenchard, Thomas Gordon (1720-23, written under the pen name Cato, civil and religious liberty)
John Woolman’s Journal - John Woolman (1720-72 events of life, especially spiritual, an American devotional classic) A
Writings - Benjamin Franklin, J. A. Leo Lemay, editor (includes Autobiography, Poor Richard’s Almanack)
Culture
Genius of Puritanism - Peter Lewis (concise overview of the meaning of Puritanism and their beliefs) VF

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