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<p>[QUOTE="ValerieK, post: 4415942, member: 7360"]Just from a personal point of view, you might find it interesting, and not too expensive, to look at some books published in England to see American events from an outside perspective. One of my first acquisitions was a Univeral Magazine from 1775 describing the Battle of Bunker Hill (I think they called it the Battle of Charlestown) from of course the English perspective, along with a sketch map of "The March of the Colonials", showing Lexington and Concord. Whenever I could I bought volumes of the monthly magazines of the colonial and revolutionary periods, and having spent part of my childhood in the US, but the rest of my life in England, it was really interesting to see how things were viewed at the time, and how they later became remembered in history. Many English people sided with the American struggle, and wanted them to gain independence and then get back to trade as normal. "The Annual Register" is an annual summary of the events of the year, covering many years, and inexpensive because it has no illustrations. I think you can find digitized copies of many series of magazines such as The Gentleman's Magazine online now, as well as others. In the nineteenth century, if there are any volumes of Punch magazine available in the US, have a look at the ones for the Civil War period. Amongst all the obscure forgotten British topics in there, there are fascinating cartoons on the American conflict, not at all flattering of Abraham Lincoln. The publication only redeemed itself with a moving poem on his death. If you lived in the UK you would find much material.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="ValerieK, post: 4415942, member: 7360"]Just from a personal point of view, you might find it interesting, and not too expensive, to look at some books published in England to see American events from an outside perspective. One of my first acquisitions was a Univeral Magazine from 1775 describing the Battle of Bunker Hill (I think they called it the Battle of Charlestown) from of course the English perspective, along with a sketch map of "The March of the Colonials", showing Lexington and Concord. Whenever I could I bought volumes of the monthly magazines of the colonial and revolutionary periods, and having spent part of my childhood in the US, but the rest of my life in England, it was really interesting to see how things were viewed at the time, and how they later became remembered in history. Many English people sided with the American struggle, and wanted them to gain independence and then get back to trade as normal. "The Annual Register" is an annual summary of the events of the year, covering many years, and inexpensive because it has no illustrations. I think you can find digitized copies of many series of magazines such as The Gentleman's Magazine online now, as well as others. In the nineteenth century, if there are any volumes of Punch magazine available in the US, have a look at the ones for the Civil War period. Amongst all the obscure forgotten British topics in there, there are fascinating cartoons on the American conflict, not at all flattering of Abraham Lincoln. The publication only redeemed itself with a moving poem on his death. If you lived in the UK you would find much material.[/QUOTE]
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