The following list focuses on works written for readers of middle school or high school age. Books aimed at adult readers have been included when they are especially important in providing information or analysis that would otherwise be unavailable.

Books

Achenbach, Joel. The Grand Idea: George Washington's Potomac and the Race to the West. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2004.

Aikman, Lonnelle. We, the People: The Story of the United States Capitol. Washington, DC: U.S. Capitol Historical Society, 1991.

Ambrose, Stephen E. Undaunted Courage: Meriwether Lewis, Thomas Jefferson, and the Opening of the American West. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1996.

Ammon, Harry. James Monroe: The Quest of National Identity. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1971.

Anson, Bert. The Miami Indians. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1970.

Appleby, Joyce O. Inheriting the Revolution: The First Generation of Americans. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press, 2000.

Armento, Beverly J., Gary B. Nash, Christopher L...