By Stuart Murray in association with the Smithsonian Institution.  ISBN: 978-0-7566-1059-3.  Copyright 2002, 2005.  Hardcover with 72 pages with color photographs and illustrations.  

Be an eyewitness to the thrilling American war for independence.  The battles and leaders, soldiers and heroes, scoundrels and patriots are all here!  The text is illustrated with photographs and drawings of historic artifacts such as a continental soldier’s musket, a spy’s hollow “silver bullet”, George Washington’s sword, a bullet-riddled battle flag, the Liberty Bell, and the Declaration of Independence. 

For ages 9 and up.