Three historical books covering the events of the Philadelphia campaign; a British initiative to gain control of Philadelphia during the Revolutionary War. In 1777. Each book is signed by the author.

Brandywine: A Military History of the Battle that Lost Philadelphia but Saved America, September 11, 1777 by Michael C. Harris

Finalist, 2014, Army Historical Foundation Distinguished Book Award
Winner, 2015, American Revolution Round Table of Richmond Book Award

"Brandywine Creek calmly meanders through the Pennsylvania countryside today, but on September 11, 1777, it served as the scenic backdrop for the largest battle of the American Revolution, one that encompassed more troops over more land than any combat fought on American soil until the Civil War. Long overshadowed by the stunning American victory at Saratoga, the complex British campaign that defeated George Washington's colonial army and led to the capture of the capital city of Philadelphia was one of the most important military events of the war. Michael C. Harris's impressive Brandywine: A Military History of the Battle that Lost Philadelphia but Saved America, September 11, 1777, is the first full-length study of this pivotal engagement in many years.

Harris's Brandywine is the first complete study to merge the strategic, political, and tactical history of this complex operation and important set-piece battle into a single compelling account. More than a decade in the making, his sweeping prose relies almost exclusively upon original archival research and his personal knowledge of the terrain. Enhanced with original maps, illustrations, and modern photos, and told largely through the words of those who fought there, Brandywine will take its place as one of the most important military studies of the American Revolution ever written."

The Battle of Paoli by Thomas J. McGuire
The first-ever in-depth look at the Revolutionary War's Battle of Paoli.

"On September 21, 1777, colonial rebels defending Philadelphia from British troops camped outside Paoli, Pennsylvania. In a surprise attack, the British under General Charles Grey overwhelmed the sleeping colonial platoons, and a general slaughter of the Americans ensued. In the drizzly darkness, British bayonets repeatedly demonstrated their deadly efficiency. The vicious, hand-to-hand combat quickly passed into infamy as the 'Paoli Massacre.' General Anthony Wayne's troops were decimated, and Wayne soon faced a court of inquiry for having allowed British troops to come so near his own... Military historian McGuire has researches original sources and shows how propaganda, myth, and legend have obscured the events at Paoli." (Mark Knoblauch, American Library Association)

Following the Drum: Women at the Valley Forge Encampment - Nancy K. Loane
Friday, December 19, 1777, dawned cold and windy. Fourteen thousand Continental Army soldiers tramped from dawn to dusk along the rutted Pennsylvania roads from Gulph Mills to Valley Forge, the site of their winter encampment. The soldiers' arrival was followed by the army's wagons and hundreds of camp women. Following the Drum tells the story of the forgotten women who spent the winter of 1777-78 with the Continental Army at Valley Forge-from those on society's lowest rungs to ladies on the upper echelons.

Nancy K. Loane uses sources such as issued military orders, pension depositions after the war, soldiers' descriptions, and some of the women's own diary entries and letters to bring these women to life.