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Ebooks for the 4th of July. All titles are available for download to a variety of devices at nh.overdrive.com Questions? Call Cary at the library, 603-757-1838.
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4th of July by James PattersonCharged with police brutality after a routine arrest goes wrong and a young girl is accidentally killed, lieutenant Lindsay Boxer waits out the time before her trial in the town of Half Moon Bay, where she discovers a link between a string of murders and a case she worked on years earlier.
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Bunker Hill : a City, a Siege, a Revolution by Nathaniel PhilbrickThe best-selling author of Mayflower presents a novel inspired by the Boston battle that ignited the American Revolution, tracing the experiences of Patriot leader Dr. Joseph Warren, a newly recruited George Washington and British General William Howe.
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A Catered Fourth of July : a Mystery with Recipes by Isis CrawfordWhen the July Fourth Revolutionary War re-enactment results in murder, sisters and caterers Bernie and Libby, as suspicion and distrust boil over, must serve up a very unpatriotic killer—especially when Bernie's beau is accused of the crime.
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The Hamilton Affair : a novel by Elizabeth Cobbs HoffmanSet against the dramatic backdrop of the American Revolution, a tale inspired by the true romance between Alexander Hamilton and Elizabeth Schuyler traces Hamilton's rise to one of America's most unlikely heroes and Schuyler's establishment of New York's first orphanage.
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The Idea of America : Reflections on the Birth of the United States by Gordon S. WoodA Pulitzer Prize-winning author evaluates the American Revolution as the nation's most definitive event, presenting a series of essays that explores the ideological origins of the war, the founders' attempt to create an American democracy and the gap between the views of the founders and present-day citizens.
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Independence Day by Ben CoesWhen a high-level Russian hacker gets his hands on an older bomb from the USSR’s Cold War arsenal, Dewey Andreas, a former Delta working as an agent for the CIA who is still reeling from the death of his fiancé, is America’s last hope in putting a stop to this bomb that has the power to devastate a major city.
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Knee High by the 4th of July by Jess LoureyMira's quirky puppy love for Chief Wenonga, a well-muscled fiberglass statue in her Minnesota small town, might be a safer love pursuit than online dating. But when the 23-foot Chief goes missing from his cement base, Mira's not the only citizen to be crushed. The town of Battle Lake is celebrating their statue's 25th anniversary and no amount of blue, sugar-soaked popcorn balls at Wenonga Days can uplift their gloomy mood. But when Mira runs into a dead body, the town has more pressing issues.
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Lafayette in the Somewhat United States by Sarah VowellA portrait of the French Revolutionary War hero, the Marquis de Lafayette, discusses his nonpartisan influence on a fledgling United States, his relationships with the Founding Fathers, and his contributions during the contentious 1824 presidential election.
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Revolutionary Summer : the Birth of American Independence by Joseph J. EllisThe Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author of First Family presents a revelatory account of America's declaration of independence and the political and military responses on both sides throughout the summer of 1776 that influenced key decisions and outcomes.
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Scars of Independence : America's Violent Birth by Holger HoockA magisterial reevaluation of America's founding reveals the lesser-known violent complexities that shaped the Revolution, describing acts of torture, rape, imprisonment and slavery on both sides and how the period's war crimes posed both moral dilemmas and opportunities for loyalist propaganda.
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Washington & Hamilton : the Alliance that Forged America by Stephen F KnottExamines the complex friendship between Founding Fathers George Washington and Alexander Hamilton, a pair who closely cooperated in America's early days but whose rival ideas also threatened the future of the new republic.
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