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title: Rhode Island History Books
description: A complete list of Rhode Island history books from its founding to the 20th century.
---

**Rhode Island History Books**

*General / Series*

[Rhode Island: A History](https://www.amazon.com/Rhode-Island-History-States-Nation/dp/0393302717/ref=sr_1_5?crid=1PU7UFMTHX4MK&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.coPIVoDXbeAxhhZBPWxJKQwrr9hbZx_Ujq5s6pbJgrr1dVu1M81yf_fcqcZf4B1zKlMQZbZkdAWaanITPLCYQFdtkCRhEyu2-coCjPkZ51yFnHm5idF6CIPMVVS5sFS3VEP6NkMoy6n-E8__qqhu6RYWtmZEk1E8ZTlYs_4tM_QOyogI_M8cayHQU8gKnQcI8b3M-3cpAgTo8PT0ZL3p3gLeHu2l2hWAR8IDpJXVW3U.Ak2Vl6awCwaDNiBZzTw1xKi18aADDXRPyIVgTMgo71Q&dib_tag=se&keywords=rhode+island+mclaughlin&qid=1739644466&s=books&sprefix=rhode+island+mclaughin%2Cstripbooks%2C98&sr=1-5) by William McLoughlin

[Rhode Island Governors for Three Hundred Years](https://www.amazon.com/Rhode-Island-Governors-Three-Hundred/dp/B000W3UM80) by Ralph S. Mohr

[Hidden History of Rhode Island: Not-to-Be-Forgotten Tales of the Ocean State](https://www.amazon.com/Hidden-History-Rhode-Island-Be-Forgotten/dp/159629728X/ref=sr_1_5?crid=223M585BSSX5O&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.L8BY43FL0gLn1rLW1dn__ng6lUqwLY3RcoQD51eJo9ORUAsESirPK1floQ4KSlrk2GfWpyKaRtHqq7IneT_lsCqVGSRqf3laDwYFpY6wXuLmreGfIRENbNNiWIa31nkRDel7bOTMIJ-EWKZ3l2SK4rjYOMSUA-QjEPt88Z3qSMsJVZJWjbkeBDyEtH02f1ladUNDJu7Rph0SqTi1ZcSxrgghDgLFUJXZyuUbQYq-Oy0.cSz-rEwqkx_FsJ-x9SwTuihM9OwsxRcwBA85_MHs4X8&dib_tag=se&keywords=rhode+island+history+book+greene&qid=1739644906&s=books&sprefix=rhode+island+history+book+greene%2Cstripbooks%2C105&sr=1-5) by Glenn Laxton

[History of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations V1](https://archive.org/details/historyofstateof02arno_0/page/n3/mode/2up) by Samuel Greene Arnold

[History of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations V2](https://archive.org/details/historyofstateof02arno_0/page/n3/mode/2up) by Samuel Greene Arnold

[Catholicism in Rhode Island and the Diocese of Providence V1 (1780-1886)](https://navigator.rihs.org/rhode-island-a-bibliography-of-its-history/catholicism-in-rhode-island-and-the-diocese-of-providence-by-robert-w-hayman/) by Robert W. Hayman

[Catholicism in Rhode Island and the Diocese of Providence V2 (1886-1921)](https://navigator.rihs.org/rhode-island-a-bibliography-of-its-history/catholicism-in-rhode-island-and-the-diocese-of-providence-by-robert-w-hayman/) by Robert W. Hayman

[Catholicism in Rhode Island and the Diocese of Providence V3 (1921-1948)](https://www.amazon.com/Catholicism-Island-Diocese-Providence-1921-1948/dp/195033970X) by Robert W. Hayman

[“Rhody Redlegs”: A History of the Providence Marine Corps of Artillery and the 103d Field Artillery, Rhode Island Army National Guard, 1801–2010 ](https://www.amazon.com/Rhody-Redlegs-Providence-Artillery-1801-2010-ebook/dp/B006YRE6XK/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=yeUIf&content-id=amzn1.sym.bc3ba8d1-5076-4ab7-9ba8-a5c6211e002d&pf_rd_p=bc3ba8d1-5076-4ab7-9ba8-a5c6211e002d&pf_rd_r=132-2507573-9360655&pd_rd_wg=0SCiv&pd_rd_r=f5ea2716-4ceb-451b-bc9b-2c364dbf2466&ref_=aufs_ap_sc_dsk) by Robert Grandchamp, Jane Lancaster and Cynthia Ferguson

*Indigenous*

[History of the Narragansett Tribe](https://www.amazon.com/History-Narragansett-Tribe-Rhode-Island/dp/1609492587) by Robert A. Geake

[Indian History, Biography and Genealogy ](https://ia600507.us.archive.org/27/items/indianhistorybio00peir/indianhistorybio00peir.pdf)by Zerviah g. Mitchell

[Manitou and Providence: Indians, Europeans, and the Making of New England, 1500-1643 ](https://www.amazon.com/Manitou-Providence-Indians-Europeans-1500-1643/dp/0195034546)by Neal Salisbury

[Sachems of the Narragansetts](https://www.abebooks.com/first-edition/Sachems-Narragansetts-Howard-M-Chapin-Rhode/30925962286/bd) by Howard M. Chapin

[Native American Place Names of Rhode Island](https://www.amazon.com/Native-American-Place-Names-RI/dp/1557095434) by R.A. Douglas-Lithgow

[Ellison "Tarzan" Brown: The Narragansett Indian Who Twice Won the Boston Marathon](https://www.amazon.com/Ellison-Tarzan-Brown-Narragansett-Marathon-ebook/dp/B00F8K8JDW/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2USG192CJENY6&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.7-Xcvg7M1lFM7A5AmZRAmK58mwv3S-zt8cjL9eFkQqHCGsFT6NFV5egXUgYUzyC0U-IDAbd6ceJ1uG1zEmyqjranPpXjKacVWqNJs7x8XTO98159hHFKi80NCppEgK88d-wT1pFvoUJxNYMofEXk9MGwjTyHNEdBRxBNQhyGkb0.E8qA28KtE4N_hXYKb-gO-TUNfB7RWsrLJAmVI2RBKro&dib_tag=se&keywords=ellison+tarzan+brown+ward+book&qid=1739644572&s=books&sprefix=ellison+tarzan+brown+ward+boo%2Cstripbooks%2C95&sr=1-1) by Michael Ward

[Native People of Southern New England, 1500–1650](https://www.amazon.com/Southern-England-1500-1650-Civilization-American/dp/0806128038?source=ps-sl-shoppingads-lpcontext&ref_=fplfs&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&gQT=2) by Kathleen J. Bragdon

*The Founding Era*

[God, War, and Providence: The Epic Struggle of Roger Williams and the Narragansett Indians against the Puritans of New England](https://www.amazon.com/God-War-Providence-Struggle-Narragansett-ebook/dp/B075RV68JV/ref=sr_1_1?crid=PUH56RGYGK3G&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.DtCy--bYKo1wBYvDBYj9MDjwbZrsvtekLqQpk1kcvvWnE2CJpWKvBjqWtIzKeQnJ.Z7pubyIiGq9JY84onSWg_pME2l5hVBj6uUyY9ItPMww&dib_tag=se&keywords=god+war+and+providence+james+warren&qid=1739567849&sprefix=god+war+and+providence%2Caps%2C108&sr=8-1) by James A. Warren

[Colonial Rhode Island: A history](https://www.amazon.com/Colonial-Rhode-Island-American-colonies/dp/0684143593/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3RN77ZKEICIHX&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.wsfIIwoTz89elLjRKpVQNtva5XiWpWy-WZXZ1oetuA9QFXdw4DIgP0dXQZ572wnVm0UnLM3H43PQ80FrlT5MgR9TPIvz2tcOpLZyR1UIr7LbSyPWwK5OP03T4VA2l5XRJzqirOoo19S4OkYDtQ085TXisenKPUmXvI8FadywSsLVzLma_VaVOim4l5T29MC3qJ0h28P_i6Ahy45lgH-1ix3gI01P_-EqGtzKNhK0lu0.qKD1HxUX3Gxysh83F9OapZ8uJ6tGcA458LKnkJqkC7U&dib_tag=se&keywords=colonial+rhode+island+a+history&qid=1739568273&sprefix=colonial+rhode+island+a+history+%2Caps%2C108&sr=8-1) by Sydney V. James

[Terror to the Wicked: America's First Trial by Jury That Ended a War and Helped to Form a Nation](https://www.amazon.com/Terror-Wicked-Americas-Helped-Nation/dp/1101871717) by Tobey Pearl

[The Leaders of Rhode Island's Golden Age](https://www.amazon.com/Leaders-Rhode-Islands-Golden-Age/dp/1467141488/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=h5bKR&content-id=amzn1.sym.bc3ba8d1-5076-4ab7-9ba8-a5c6211e002d&pf_rd_p=bc3ba8d1-5076-4ab7-9ba8-a5c6211e002d&pf_rd_r=132-2507573-9360655&pd_rd_wg=R2ZBU&pd_rd_r=3372f28e-39ba-4841-a521-5ef01ef4c937&ref_=aufs_ap_sc_dsk) by Patrick T. Conley

[Fat Mutton and Liberty of Conscience: Society in Rhode Island, 1636-1690](https://www.amazon.com/Fat-Mutton-Liberty-Conscience-1636-1690/dp/0870571435) by Carl Bridenbaugh

[Pirates of Colonial Newport](https://www.amazon.com/Pirates-Colonial-Newport-Gloria-Merchant/dp/1626192502/ref=sr_1_1?crid=27K0BSYW3Q6IO&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.AzjSB6stbTu-cU3EbVVFhJ453xIkbdf1ieJwerbZCHzR-5NC3SZv1ftCfosCY-F94bUrY4_Zoy4xdlpd75YoZqB9b6xJZVe48zleLIUXdwnlyrfTkn46HxckXPL9d_0PRsRlHQXK2qwe0Kk_H8_poQ.byKfuh0HfBvN5oI00-qOvenxPcRTzeT7Qy-9hL7DDmA&dib_tag=se&keywords=pirates+of+colonial+newport&qid=1739641216&s=books&sprefix=pirates+of+colonial+newport%2Cstripbooks%2C91&sr=1-1) by Gloria Merchant

[The Colonial Metamorphoses in Rhode Island: A Study of Institutions in Change](https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Colonial_Metamorphoses_in_Rhode_Isla.html?id=YdDA03RwANsC) by Sydney V. James

[Dissent and Conformity on Narragansett Bay: The Colonial Rhode Island Town](https://www.amazon.com/Dissent-Conformity-Narragansett-Bay-Colonial/dp/0819550833) by Bruce C. Daniels

[King's Province: Samuel Teff's Narrative of the Narragansett Country](https://www.amazon.com/Kings-Province-Craig-Anthony/dp/1387474375) by Craig Anthony

[Early Rhode Island: A Social History of the People, 1636-1790](https://www.amazon.com/Early-Rhode-Island-History-1636-1790/dp/1556133820) by William B. Weeden

*King Philip's War*

[The Name of War: King Philip's War and the Origins of American Identity](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0375702628/?bestFormat=true&k=the%20name%20of%20war%20king%20philip%27s%20war&ref_=nb_sb_ss_w_scx-ent-pd-bk-d_de_k0_1_16&crid=2VV739Q7XOKHS&sprefix=the%20name%20of%20war%20) by Jill Lepore

[Our Beloved Kin: A New History of King Philip's War](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0300244320/?bestFormat=true&k=our%20beloved%20kin%20a%20new%20history%20of%20king%20philip%27s%20war&ref_=nb_sb_ss_w_scx-ent-pd-bk-d_de_k0_1_15&crid=17E2ZUCGH9IGH&sprefix=our%20beloved%20kin) by Lisa Brooks

[King Philip's War: The History and Legacy of America's Forgotten Conflict](https://www.amazon.com/King-Philips-War-Americas-Forgotten/dp/1581574894/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1214H0AC0IROV&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Wi7MSCRyfVX-JpY4yblk4TqLSZgbvMj_KCf9ML0A8AkG2gZCvCpU80B3makBZWTX-r8RMH1wnrRjcQyoiHXTHA.cgsnoSwTu1hSkLTeY4zVBdTssFlFei7ixWjh3ZXgcDI&dib_tag=se&keywords=king+philips+war+shultz&qid=1739644726&s=books&sprefix=king+philips+war+shult%2Cstripbooks%2C118&sr=1-1) by Eric B. Shultz and Michael J. Tougias

[Flintlock and Tomahawk: New England in King Philip's War](https://www.amazon.com/Flintlock-Tomahawk-England-King-Philips/dp/0881508853/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1JS0OAN5RJHNB&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.SWOHAQnnYOlHQK5i6tJEHq35urJrP9NcarapLfLtVN0QeWH8uY3iUrj6keeqPSe6s_9EWi0tm0gjiwhShOBmdeoyz11Hae8rfdUbOoqDDMGuo__boM-QLBstMHqyk56SI8w30yL8CtDlRbtXCCqamQ.nhGquWAijhMWcNEpx2hELRewVjdF35b89L3mJAS6zTU&dib_tag=se&keywords=flint+and+tomahawk+book&qid=1739645752&s=books&sprefix=flint+and+tomahawk+book%2Cstripbooks%2C109&sr=1-1) by Douglas Edward Leach

[King Philip's War: Civil War in New England, 1675-1676](https://www.amazon.com/King-Philips-War-1675-1676-Contemporary/dp/1558492240/ref=pd_sbs_d_sccl_2_2/132-2507573-9360655?pd_rd_w=r0jm2&content-id=amzn1.sym.156274ff-6322-443d-8bbf-ab3ed87e382f&pf_rd_p=156274ff-6322-443d-8bbf-ab3ed87e382f&pf_rd_r=JY5KC0FW0MWTC5J78S2T&pd_rd_wg=UkNOB&pd_rd_r=f04e5121-5534-4632-8ee1-23d96d3177ec&pd_rd_i=1558492240&psc=1) by James D. Drake

[Igniting King Philip's War: The John Sassamon Murder Trial](https://www.amazon.com/Igniting-King-Philips-War-Sassamon/dp/0700610936) by Yasuhide Kawashima

[King Philip's War: Colonial Expansion, Native Resistance, and the End of Indian Sovereignty](https://www.amazon.com/King-Philips-War-Resistance-Sovereignty/dp/0801896282/ref=pd_sbs_d_sccl_2_3/132-2507573-9360655?pd_rd_w=r0jm2&content-id=amzn1.sym.156274ff-6322-443d-8bbf-ab3ed87e382f&pf_rd_p=156274ff-6322-443d-8bbf-ab3ed87e382f&pf_rd_r=JY5KC0FW0MWTC5J78S2T&pd_rd_wg=UkNOB&pd_rd_r=f04e5121-5534-4632-8ee1-23d96d3177ec&pd_rd_i=0801896282&psc=1) by Daniel R. Mandell

[The Skulking Way of War: Technology and Tactics Among the New England Indians](https://www.amazon.com/Skulking-Way-War-Technology-Tactics/dp/1568331657) by Patrick M. Malone

[After King Philip’s War: Presence and Persistence in Indian New England](https://www.amazon.com/After-King-Philips-War-Reencounters/dp/0874518199) by Colin G. Calloway

 

*18th Century*

[Dark Work: The Business of Slavery in Rhode Island](https://www.amazon.com/Dark-Work-Business-Slavery-American-ebook/dp/B0171WAHFM/ref=sr_1_3?crid=3PZFWC369C9VC&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.6OQI0I0pzoC2rbstBTfMyPZwmsNME6bXILXjGBfsSNU0SoE6W3lWd5x3GGfRDhmNBZIM3vKq1Qxc2WkxkfYoyKkQ-hh-f2IfxJLAnEXQ5wvKvxR8M3tE_CnNG_4_1bpRyIMS0qnKvQBxx3u8uRsb0kKIEJ6ygazXNxjaUqNhvUFeR3ItKmeUO0FS29zRM4ArwC7zjEUp159vBsvxwa1xYpjoRfZJF0PmdkgaHvGAvo0.lW6AbYgcPY9pie16ENVBvqjXXbVzyIow_ITOs0KyY4A&dib_tag=se&keywords=dark+works+book&qid=1739641618&s=books&sprefix=dark+works+boo%2Cstripbooks%2C126&sr=1-3) by Christy Clarke-Pujara

[James DeWolf and the Rhode Island Slave Trade](https://www.amazon.com/James-DeWolf-Rhode-Island-Slave/dp/1626194793/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2N1A8A3GJV9SZ&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.kXknFtl_S6f_5ONni3C17M5mM5PU9aTnUTjKEaNdImOgEJMsF9mSXG8iX7Eym1hipciyLaQnfmBC5NDdFiUBay10lbFpXCOU1IOQLIfaNu3Hik7NsrEaHFk5fefaSsECrTIWvv9riZar6gcFch0vgg.anNQKx4RPm5Kxxlg-VIefqsN8XEH8PFkjOYix7KpjYk&dib_tag=se&keywords=james+wolf+and+the+rhode+island+slave+trade&qid=1739641680&s=books&sprefix=james+dwolf+and+the+rhode+island+slave+trade%2Cstripbooks%2C88&sr=1-1) by Cynthia Mestad Johnson

[Urban Growth in Colonial Rhode Island: Newport and Providence in the Eighteenth Century ](https://www.amazon.com/Urban-Growth-Colonial-Rhode-Island/dp/0873957512) by Lynne Withey

*Revolutionary War*

[The Hessian Occupation of Newport and Rhode Island, 1776-1779](https://www.amazon.com/Hessian-Occupation-Newport-Island-1776-1779/dp/0788440748/ref=sr_1_1?crid=25SH9FEBSNKAV&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.z_3HVOWGnC-UdIC3CU25hIL9Sy0SYq3VV7lB5kiuVcc.ebaCcC4czLgzgbwjjS-YdVEPytr0dDpywS6j9_hUBSU&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+hessian+occupation+newport&qid=1739641321&s=books&sprefix=the+hessian+occupation+newport+%2Cstripbooks%2C84&sr=1-1) by Walter K. Schroder

[The Rhode Island Campaign: The First French and American Operation in the Revolutionary War](https://www.amazon.com/Rhode-Island-Campaign-Operation-Revolutionary/dp/1594161348/ref=sr_1_1?crid=UQ3PZOCL8XIH&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.RaE2WJA0XhYCVRcjHFn9dPzS5BZLsVA-XXiYWQiCUYPIYMffHD29YHmLpc0X00VHsqz-B4CNkTWgg3MeVJ8U4HagREm4HWkPn0k0bOzXlCLNGmSkOoLdwi_A9jVUwdgpT1JXpmrrBlynC-1dyxn6XNj_M6NNh9kjGsQGqEDTSOCWyWE0nfF6t9cjLhUj3OmnJyYrHbSC3ueEKzaS7xNSAvx7Y3jjelklkUoOnkWu5r8.KZf7Xxe7Y77r-srafM_aK7INfTKx_Cl3tyQNrjRAWOo&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+rhode+island+campaign&qid=1739641374&s=books&sprefix=the+rhode+island+campaign+%2Cstripbooks%2C107&sr=1-1) by Christian M. McBurney

[The Burning of His Majesty's Schooner Gaspee: An Attack on Crown Rule Before the American Revolution](https://www.amazon.com/Burning-His-Majestys-Schooner-Gaspee/dp/1594162670/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1TVTMWCPV3YUX&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.i1-8TA2osCc2mzqSgqQFb2Lu92FW6FHuv9jpMfi3Inga4o8RSBiUVXxKzBGu2qXUl4uZYz4lOgTFmIna92hG2Q.hj-jvs4pkENqXA6Xhvmm0L6VOD3VptUTDaBub14fV6Y&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+burning+of+his+majesty+schooner&qid=1739641488&s=books&sprefix=the+burning+of+his+majesty+schooner%2Cstripbooks%2C100&sr=1-1) by Steven Park

[From Slaves to Soldiers: The 1st Rhode Island Regiment in the American Revolution](https://www.amazon.com/Slaves-Soldiers-Regiment-American-Revolution/dp/1594164150/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2EO1DUOB0M02Y&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.lmQUxIcLwPZeUF9Mr5O7AMzF23JrDOmX2KCwigZH60PGjHj071QN20LucGBJIEps.SKtNggmFMg9L2ATLClQoZwSWQRl4lHdAIoVTW7Vaszw&dib_tag=se&keywords=from+slaves+to+soldiers+geake&qid=1739643579&s=books&sprefix=from+slaves+to+soldiers+geake%2Cstripbooks%2C96&sr=1-1) by Robert Geake and Loren Spears

[James DeWolf and the Rhode Island Slave Trade](https://www.amazon.com/James-DeWolf-Rhode-Island-Slave/dp/1626194793/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2N1A8A3GJV9SZ&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.kXknFtl_S6f_5ONni3C17M5mM5PU9aTnUTjKEaNdImOgEJMsF9mSXG8iX7Eym1hipciyLaQnfmBC5NDdFiUBay10lbFpXCOU1IOQLIfaNu3Hik7NsrEaHFk5fefaSsECrTIWvv9riZar6gcFch0vgg.anNQKx4RPm5Kxxlg-VIefqsN8XEH8PFkjOYix7KpjYk&dib_tag=se&keywords=james+wolf+and+the+rhode+island+slave+trade&qid=1739641680&s=books&sprefix=james+dwolf+and+the+rhode+island+slave+trade%2Cstripbooks%2C88&sr=1-1) by Cynthia Mestad Johnson

[The Fire's Center : Rhode Island in the Revolutionary era, 1763-1790](https://archive.org/details/firescenterrhode00simi) by Florence Parker Simister

[To the End of the World: Nathanael Greene, Charles Cornwallis, and the Race to the Dan](https://shop.shakeandco.com/book/9781594164118) by Andrew Waters

[The Race to the Dan: The Retreat That Rescued the American Revolution](https://www.amazon.com/Race-Dan-Retreat-American-Revolution/dp/B000WZPZEO) by Larry G. Aaron

[Rhode Island Politics And The American Revolution 1760-1776](https://www.amazon.com/Politics-American-Revolution-1760-1776-University/dp/0870570536) by David S. Lovejoy

[Kidnapping the Enemy: The Special Operations to Capture Generals Charles Lee and Richard Prescott](https://www.amazon.com/Kidnapping-Enemy-Operations-Generals-Prescott/dp/1594161836/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1DW0QHQOPC5QB&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.icsfUAqUhSUb-eidja5KdFyXBwBFnIBlgi-uu3JMCe8.vS7CCz3L4mkbzXzRldyxP5XJ8cvuf_-X8WscNvF5p6I&dib_tag=se&keywords=Kidnapping+the+Enemy%3A+The+Special+Operations+to+Capture+Generals+Charles+Lee+and+Richard+Prescott&qid=1739646541&s=books&sprefix=kidnapping+the+enemy+the+special+operations+to+capture+generals+charles+lee+and+richard+prescott+%2Cstripbooks%2C105&sr=1-1) by Christian M. McBurney

[Spies in Revolutionary Rhode Island](https://www.amazon.com/Spies-Revolutionary-Rhode-Island-Military/dp/1626197245/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2WEFK1X77VW6O&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Lpk_mMwlATL7MMr6xpi1PxxGo_63qwWdZujn579_oBTGjHj071QN20LucGBJIEps.L5dZevjnoMDI3CZv1dbkxHmIgpA65v8ednipIE56e9g&dib_tag=se&keywords=Spies+in+Revolutionary+Rhode+Island+mcburney&qid=1739646602&s=books&sprefix=spies+in+revolutionary+rhode+island+mcburney%2Cstripbooks%2C86&sr=1-1) by Christian M. McBurney

*19th Century*

[The Transformation of Rhode Island, 1790-1860](https://www.amazon.com/Transformation-Rhode-Island-1790-1860/dp/1013527488/ref=sr_1_1?crid=25GZA3TCYKQF3&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.ll2lHp23pnxLnWymPpxC-_QxA8DOFxnRUhORAT6M8FvGCXE_JfxRZwo5mEmz-_ftZNvusjrYc6ggX56yBjcfuWWgnb6jLqKG38ugBHBNqRNyNr-fiSBXXjCRw8ppZROsZk0Va-96zbKRW8Uc6v04mg307mMaruzfapxYJ-N0TPTjLZ1CBib0rjCZUz45mzbTwnZVR30UknGUVpvC4YJGZQ.8Wck-VUfGVryP-PEIyuLO8BmIq1jSX_uB6qMSlxRYIU&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+transformation+of+rhode+island&qid=1739568120&s=books&sprefix=the+transformation+of+rhode+island%2Cstripbooks%2C99&sr=1-1) by Peter J. Coleman

[Brown & Sharpe and the Measure of American Industry: Making the Precision Machine Tools That Enabled Manufacturing, 1833-2001](https://www.amazon.com/Brown-Sharpe-Measure-American-Industry-ebook/dp/B06Y43YTXC/ref=sr_1_1?crid=13NYPDCL0MP9X&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.lZW_uVQtJfn-gRgzXrjUIk1GGoYfNnklrDkt_zNG4qvYs6z2YPDEuwY7dmcaH6JMGkuCfHGDYZ0D9MlgNJldh43F5SfxE-XQeszz0dX_pnh8hX7W8k-qqexsKog7nA6Ct4bKYMN0yQxUTqjfgrVJB5du0xecCQQPQXqOnf04viq7blk0__y7OvJ4wag1XW6OEsOV6DqeAUwx-faQVZXV-vqD1eDxeV5zgD1NU4rHopgSuO_anTj6Owbow_Wv9A1E.ehZNV46XtoD08hP205UTWaGMGFosZ4haVsLXH8dlAE4&dib_tag=se&keywords=brown+and+sharpe+and+the+measure&qid=1739641431&s=books&sprefix=brown+and+sharpe+and+the+measure+%2Cstripbooks%2C95&sr=1-1) by Gerald M. Carbone

[Catholicism in Rhode Island: The formative era](https://www.amazon.com/Catholicism-Rhode-Island-formative-era/dp/B0006CP9QM/ref=sr_1_1?crid=38XU5RIRFEHJW&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.virraWsZpWamjbzV3yZqu8XXjXyDIbstg0VDCaSN7UU.hb1lS7GtWDf1fDzzF7q1teBDBGpKua9wNBLlM8IyeAw&dib_tag=se&keywords=catholicism+in+rhode+island+conley&qid=1739642098&s=books&sprefix=catholicism+in+rhode+island+conley%2Cstripbooks%2C96&sr=1-1) by Patrick. T Conley

[Democracy in Decline: Rhode Island Constitutional Development, 1776-1841](https://www.amazon.com/Democracy-Decline-Constitutional-Development-1776-1841/dp/0917012097/ref=sr_1_1?crid=NOUCM1F6WB34&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.d2NQlKkplxKXUWVwU1hV8IZphANILuxzkUfjv7blZtvvw8AB62K4f76GIjZw8LfpzGfCNWA3t_R9ABBEknMCpjm9JSfu6l8nX3Ws9itlpXw.yvWUTyb1M6-C8SXk94dgHRGOEIYm896-DlmDdc2rxjg&dib_tag=se&keywords=democracy+in+decline+conley&qid=1739642365&s=books&sprefix=democracy+in+decline+conley%2Cstripbooks%2C100&sr=1-1) by Patrick. T Conley

[Railroads of Rhode Island: Shaping the Ocean State's Railways](https://www.amazon.com/Railroads-Rhode-Island-Shaping-Railways-ebook/dp/B00XQR2SLI/ref=sr_1_3?crid=30OMGBE9L7CNX&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.9ObbtCmTaZle1PWLjidMqxQzzORm5O7BYkFXiH9eut8UFJt_0CrPhTvI1u-uFhp2M8L3ez5ORiSJPp4EWPi9TRZQzhAsFf65_wOuI1Q8mhp_Hmq1ZCEtWTlJ0Dbg_5PwWuQV_2Q7-iBWi-baPIPJgKAwn8Z1SJkl5bglP5_d7M_xmR4-iqFyoyOD6mPFzyRqEHPb1lSE9cywILvb3SjUmG_k0SreodncKzhR6zLeAnQ.r6nb-4EQO_YiJx1-FF4_YOKOIllavfvoraWD_ZAAGlM&dib_tag=se&keywords=railroads+of+rhode+island+book&qid=1739642481&s=books&sprefix=railroads+of+rhode+island+boo%2Cstripbooks%2C98&sr=1-3) by Frank Heppner

[Samuel Slater and the Origins of the American Textile Industry, 1790-1860](https://www.amazon.com/Origins-American-Textile-Industry-1790-1860/dp/0801415942/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1XLDKBA79IP5Q&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.1AGlZePPbi5h4vUiu7Wufg.D8QgQh1f-Aq8PtICltKuKjCFnEumvx-kxXxn_D7FLx0&dib_tag=se&keywords=samuel+slater+and+the+origins+of+the+american+textile+industry&qid=1739642956&s=books&sprefix=samuel+slater+and+the+origins+of+the+american+textile+industry%2Cstripbooks%2C93&sr=1-1) by Barbara M. Tucker

[The Precious Birthright: Black Leaders and the Fight to Vote in Antebellum Rhode Island](https://www.amazon.com/Precious-Birthright-Leaders-Antebellum-Island/dp/1625348398) by CJ Martin

[Piety in Providence: Class Dimensions of Religious Experience in Antebellum Rhode Island](https://www.amazon.com/Piety-Providence-Dimensions-Experience-Antebellum/dp/0801429528) by Mark S. Schantz

[Plantation Goods: A Material History of American Slavery](https://www.amazon.com/Plantation-Goods-Material-History-American/dp/0226723453) by Seth Rockman

*Civil War*

[Our Story: The Lives and Legacy of Those Who Served in Battery B First Rhode Island Light Artillery](https://www.amazon.com/Our-Story-Legacy-Battery-Artillery/dp/B092467DKK/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1PHARE1X7638V&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.UG_UGMyyT_36fKodX9jSREg87rY3aNk0UGMsiOUAVrwApDiHpu3VupHA4SSr9mttdTIVYpUtTuJNar4hO1wpGQ.BRctHBRNIYxreUw9n3CZ8uW17i6u7obtYY-oF00en7I&dib_tag=se&keywords=our+story+civil+war+evangelista&qid=1739641742&s=books&sprefix=our+story+civil+war+evangelista%2Cstripbooks%2C85&sr=1-1) by Stephen G. Evangelista

[Hidden History of Rhode Island and the Civil War](https://www.amazon.com/Hidden-History-Rhode-Island-Civil-ebook/dp/B00XRP2QKW/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1ZVNZA0EVF0T7&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.kDFGn_km6ln3k343WfdjujE7t64HrSl1Ud8R0C4vB2MJoB8KD2ZgV2RrHZAvDACaWqPL2oY-LXmThsK4m1_n428RzjQ22EvpEEqE2Urfro2TxKiLdfjLdSmEY5R-Gu30egOl-bLMz9QXRK0qGM9dEnDr7dRRyLv3t1oWQu3I1SuC6x7HEtuMtdW9lDlBVfgzS7ppUkXsSR19dKKu_TxY5ocTAlJWv5n8t4FHAwM_LxMTilpB1cX23AYqnXDThEf-_yjOC_aibVdc2TR7WCYEqcaMePTvVA3bQu5wYEkgSmw.fZ81pPAugiPthxFHAonkyX-AhLX0k7w8Q6j6MdVdvXQ&dib_tag=se&keywords=hidden+history+of+rhode+island+civil+war&qid=1739641808&s=books&sprefix=hidden+history+of+rhode+island+civil+war%2Cstripbooks%2C95&sr=1-1) by Frank L. Grzyb

[Brown & Sharpe and the Measure of American Industry: Making the Precision Machine Tools That Enabled Manufacturing, 1833-2001](https://www.amazon.com/Brown-Sharpe-Measure-American-Industry-ebook/dp/B06Y43YTXC/ref=sr_1_1?crid=13NYPDCL0MP9X&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.lZW_uVQtJfn-gRgzXrjUIk1GGoYfNnklrDkt_zNG4qvYs6z2YPDEuwY7dmcaH6JMGkuCfHGDYZ0D9MlgNJldh43F5SfxE-XQeszz0dX_pnh8hX7W8k-qqexsKog7nA6Ct4bKYMN0yQxUTqjfgrVJB5du0xecCQQPQXqOnf04viq7blk0__y7OvJ4wag1XW6OEsOV6DqeAUwx-faQVZXV-vqD1eDxeV5zgD1NU4rHopgSuO_anTj6Owbow_Wv9A1E.ehZNV46XtoD08hP205UTWaGMGFosZ4haVsLXH8dlAE4&dib_tag=se&keywords=brown+and+sharpe+and+the+measure&qid=1739641431&s=books&sprefix=brown+and+sharpe+and+the+measure+%2Cstripbooks%2C95&sr=1-1) by Gerald M. Carbone

[The Rhode Island Home Front in the Civil War Era](https://www.amazon.com/Rhode-Island-Home-Front-Civil/dp/0988037629) by Frank J. Williams and Patrick T. Conley

[History of the Rhode Island combat units in the Civil War (1861-1865)](https://www.abebooks.com/signed/History-Rhode-Island-combat-units-Civil/30789307665/bd) by Harold R. Barker

[All for the Union: The Civil War Diary & Letters of Elisha Hunt Rhodes](https://www.amazon.com/All-Union-Letters-Elisha-Rhodes/dp/0679738282) by Elisha Hunt Rhodes

[The Seventh Rhode Island Infantry in the Civil War](https://www.amazon.com/Seventh-Rhode-Island-Infantry-Civil/dp/0786432004/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1N42I4HC5WGEP&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.5DsQPi8LN8Adq4xtQE_FYg.fNF-uHE9857JMdYAXpcBfIQ1Dd1vVtDk7DPqXnBpv2g&dib_tag=se&keywords=The+Seventh+Rhode+Island+Infantry+grandchamp&qid=1739647017&s=books&sprefix=the+seventh+rhode+island+infantry+grandchamp%2Cstripbooks%2C98&sr=1-1) by Robert Grandchamp

[The Boys of Adams’ Battery G: The Civil War Through the Eyes of a Union Light Artillery Unit](https://www.amazon.com/Boys-Adams-Battery-Through-Artillery-ebook/dp/B003AQD0MG/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=yeUIf&content-id=amzn1.sym.bc3ba8d1-5076-4ab7-9ba8-a5c6211e002d&pf_rd_p=bc3ba8d1-5076-4ab7-9ba8-a5c6211e002d&pf_rd_r=132-2507573-9360655&pd_rd_wg=0SCiv&pd_rd_r=f5ea2716-4ceb-451b-bc9b-2c364dbf2466&ref_=aufs_ap_sc_dsk) by Robert Grandchamp

[From Providence to Fort Hell: Letters from Company K, Seventh Rhode Island Volunteers](https://www.amazon.com/Providence-Fort-Hell-Letters-Volunteers/dp/0788437437/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=yeUIf&content-id=amzn1.sym.bc3ba8d1-5076-4ab7-9ba8-a5c6211e002d&pf_rd_p=bc3ba8d1-5076-4ab7-9ba8-a5c6211e002d&pf_rd_r=132-2507573-9360655&pd_rd_wg=0SCiv&pd_rd_r=f5ea2716-4ceb-451b-bc9b-2c364dbf2466&ref_=aufs_ap_sc_dsk) by Robert Grandchamp

["Like Sheep at the Slaughter": A Statistical History of the Fourth Rhode Island Volunteers](https://www.amazon.com/Slaughter-Statistical-History-Fourth-Volunteers/dp/0788458515/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=yeUIf&content-id=amzn1.sym.bc3ba8d1-5076-4ab7-9ba8-a5c6211e002d&pf_rd_p=bc3ba8d1-5076-4ab7-9ba8-a5c6211e002d&pf_rd_r=132-2507573-9360655&pd_rd_wg=0SCiv&pd_rd_r=f5ea2716-4ceb-451b-bc9b-2c364dbf2466&ref_=aufs_ap_sc_dsk) by Robert Grandchamp

[Now Show Them What Rhode Island Can Do! An Annotated Bibliography of Rhode Island Civil War Sources](https://www.amazon.com/Rhode-Island-Annotated-Bibliography-Sources/dp/0788458299/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=yeUIf&content-id=amzn1.sym.bc3ba8d1-5076-4ab7-9ba8-a5c6211e002d&pf_rd_p=bc3ba8d1-5076-4ab7-9ba8-a5c6211e002d&pf_rd_r=132-2507573-9360655&pd_rd_wg=0SCiv&pd_rd_r=f5ea2716-4ceb-451b-bc9b-2c364dbf2466&ref_=aufs_ap_sc_dsk) by Robert Grandchamp

*20th Century*

[Machine Guns in Narragansett Bay: The Coast Guard’s War on Rumrunners](https://www.amazon.com/Machine-Guns-Narragansett-Bay-Rumrunners/dp/1467149683/ref=sr_1_2?crid=9HBCBSQ8R8M1&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.LsKY959tvR9N_beKB_BkwgEzmApwxzQjxkExOWkc1aTQWMF1h8VR5neFLmNSXY-r4hw4LGAVzPgjqWa9wY11S2j8OG3ZgcEd44kC2kHY-3olgnZGdQvrpuIkYi2Rc4shroi5gzLRh4OSJJ3U7I1C4bvxVNGS1-hq61aZQcgd4fiG8H1AzRwYmofBvhtoVz_FEXZ_rzpf2LSjLL5kBlE1g9dW2WC983HtGST2zR8oCqg.LNjR2FoetxK2MuxeSc54p8bZoXpj1-QSMdwVe7sCrtw&dib_tag=se&keywords=mcburney+history+book&qid=1739645305&s=books&sprefix=mcburney+history+boo%2Cstripbooks%2C94&sr=1-2) by Christian M. McBurney

*WWII*

[World War II Rhode Island](https://www.amazon.com/World-War-Rhode-Island-Military-ebook/dp/B07119ZW7D/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2VLBX65LVYNJ0&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.GyveI5bQpZS0KBOA9mCx99S4rxOGTsBJsG1tdCzS0p3GjHj071QN20LucGBJIEps.uJCTc6oeurGvRo54IJuQvwJH6aydN2UPxMRz0JogkGE&dib_tag=se&keywords=World+War+II+Rhode+Island+mcburney&qid=1739646651&s=books&sprefix=world+war+ii+rhode+island+mcburney%2Cstripbooks%2C89&sr=1-1) by Christian M. McBurney

[Untold Stories from World War II Rhode Island](https://www.amazon.com/Untold-Stories-World-Island-Military/dp/1467141860/ref=sr_1_1?crid=M5IJUMI0X087&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.XhUry-cOdmdk8r6TzFVajB-2u5qSZIGUKnaXYh7dDzs.ZkfHCy_pZz7B-2GZ3xl5cPQF8vMJWMmlT5KbEEUFHho&dib_tag=se&keywords=Untold+Stories+of+World+War+II+Rhode+Island+mcburney&qid=1739646797&s=books&sprefix=untold+stories+of+world+war+ii+rhode+island+mcburney%2Cstripbooks%2C121&sr=1-1) by Christian M. McBurney, Varoujan Karentz and Norman Deshmarais

*Biography*

[Roger Williams: The Church and the State](https://www.amazon.com/Roger-Williams-Edmund-S-Morgan/dp/0393304035/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1YDVX9JP9KG2C&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.xDP-Zb0Fu6VIq_ycSrvbMLsUHYxmsdEGRFabCNLc_pWCXr7XzjxdE6XapV_Z8SfenXWZ1azXb56Ubn1DwjcRihwL8fbmovo_N5AAynEVY15qVI78tt-Lh8VxEYbZlqpvNliiJNaCSncXtJkUq3rvCV6T0zUETJAPEm5iszBmW9XR-qEF_wYcPRsq5AHIKlQFqnIX1M8ubtKxaS9GJGXpjm4JTvUWI6nz6u-rYPEYLO4.p9ARL6sgr-Ra_eCsY-J5OriwsEYS7cuei240u9ZSkts&dib_tag=se&keywords=roger+williams+the+church+and+the+state&qid=1739567946&sprefix=roger+williams+the+church%2Caps%2C94&sr=8-1) by Edmund S. Morgan

[Reading Roger Williams: Rogue Puritans, Indigenous Nations, and the Founding of America—a Documentary History](https://www.amazon.com/Reading-Roger-Williams-America-Documentary-ebook/dp/B0D2FF2YWK/ref=sr_1_1?crid=38SY9V898ECJ3&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.m412uL7Xl9dXElEHPco4MzqFu0wA5XlGgpWwR91GLiB8tRb7p3t7495iPLJKDbiikteRfiOYCjvDhhY-f9z5ilBKwX4G5CxJ8wVGd-YDjzuoS686huYz92cgFktun377sEaM53g9oMUPso6gZA0EQt9zMDNiVdgerL5zFE6v_AdbmgfWrUYHJ-JQ1KSFJNZ7BdX3XBe5uSHaHRvWQ1J0L33YM1uLVqnS3XgYd7bg27E.SZM_3U6QtyFJDribkKYbTLGzI3W0nFnuPfVTElpsLGE&dib_tag=se&keywords=reading+roger+williams+book&qid=1739644619&s=books&sprefix=reading+roger+willaims+boook%2Cstripbooks%2C105&sr=1-1) by Linford D. Fisher, Sheila M. McIntyre and Julie A. Fisher

[Roger Williams (Lives and Legacies Series)](https://www.amazon.com/Roger-Williams-Lives-Legacies-Gaustad/dp/019518369X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1LSUHYFURFXP0&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.SbM-waQ1_DxDJaDdhYBun7_USXGo2eLf17B1kU-qtfgU7SymPK8-RoRhDH9yyC2_0KNf8afSbhnQ18jauKNprgJBkN04dq3kb0cHQP6ZNNWf0t9zZ_txjp4UBm4618e1biYgAtkounFX64Mz9dvsYuZ-BtqawCcUR4RnXlahpuWNnGJh5GWipC_DbkNl_T2EG3GU0OzwRtbVcQxv5TJ0Izz14pWscm7fhJDkixfUWaQ.oJ_2ZauNmQplaDKyvtE65zic68CkmxxMXyXzjVGepUI&dib_tag=se&keywords=roger+williams+biography&qid=1739645533&s=books&sprefix=roger+williams+biography%2Cstripbooks%2C96&sr=1-1) by Edwin S. Guastad

[Liberty of Conscience: Roger Williams in America](https://www.amazon.com/Liberty-Conscience-Roger-Williams-America/dp/0817013385/ref=sr_1_4?crid=3LHZ6JO1QJX5L&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.SbM-waQ1_DxDJaDdhYBun7_USXGo2eLf17B1kU-qtfgU7SymPK8-RoRhDH9yyC2_0KNf8afSbhnQ18jauKNprgJBkN04dq3kb0cHQP6ZNNWf0t9zZ_txjp4UBm4618e1biYgAtkounFX64Mz9dvsYuZ-BtqawCcUR4RnXlahpuWNnGJh5GWipC_DbkNl_T2EG3GU0OzwRtbVcQxv5TJ0Izz14pWscm7fhJDkixfUWaQ.oJ_2ZauNmQplaDKyvtE65zic68CkmxxMXyXzjVGepUI&dib_tag=se&keywords=roger+williams+biography&qid=1739645681&s=books&sprefix=roger+williams+biography%2Cstripbooks%2C103&sr=1-4) by Cyclone Covey

[The Gentle Radical: a Biography of Roger Williams](https://navigator.rihs.org/rhode-island-a-bibliography-of-its-history/the-gentle-radical-a-biography-of-roger-williams-by-cyclone-covey/) by Cyclone Covey

[The Hero of Aquidneck: A Life of Dr. John Clarke](https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Hero_of_Aquidneck.html?id=_zgoAQAAMAAJ) by Wilbur Nelson

[John Clarke and His Legacies: Religion and Law in Colonial Rhode Island, 1638–1750](https://www.amazon.com/John-Clarke-His-Legacies-1638-1750/dp/0271028157) by Sydney V. James

[American Jezebel: The Uncommon Life of Anne Hutchinson, the Woman Who Defied the Puritans](https://www.amazon.com/American-Jezebel-Uncommon-Hutchinson-Puritans/dp/0060750561/ref=sr_1_1?crid=36SYPVY7U5X7R&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.xV1UXxigby-oS6sGLiZjX6XmL4hBldm8b_7sHGr6KI-2-SWW-fX21t-t-JkpsKnqHX-aOtW46TMQVaq4dxp7VS7YHaQ_8MVdgsr08E0FmQFs9PFeO4WmIRBLb9EWV3fu5bd_V-oTxMdGdmPQc3uXimir6qe5Rlj6M6qcvAdhfbmwHoJ2GL4iC-dX4fns-IV37G69NoLncCxlKT2yYmmAI48sourXWfsPBVSh4jAjSUc.xO-5v_guPQ1XjlWPcuzrtAUgYJzJzALcbJ2lKN0xrjE&dib_tag=se&keywords=american+jezebel&qid=1739568818&s=books&sprefix=american+jezbel%2Cstripbooks%2C100&sr=1-1) by Eve LaPlante

[Washington's General: Nathanael Greene and the Triumph of the American Revolution](https://www.amazon.com/Washingtons-General-Nathanael-American-Revolution/dp/0805070664/ref=sr_1_1?crid=27TT4QAOA3C8Q&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.CX7bQEysjZYocAZjH6OrRLGjjzEUPgFck6gYWgI_ujE0McL9GAQ0if3nG2RzwsyioHfIult0Suu5nWJtPrNSbpy6TsyvhvnYr5GOdsCnzIqDpIPDv_fpUw-7QpUFNXOVltIEObLtLdYWqUiAflAc3HPvu7qXmXwzNCnDAuf4UGSf7pPwoUN_BJKB88ipqTRxTGLANKMCiDRmJ5j0ksLAmcJ9Y6kT9ZRqw7jTHItqXRM.qnxBqYsdpT3nMwf8ywRTA3fQgJUIYS_2OdY4LUfzkHY&dib_tag=se&keywords=washington+general+terry&qid=1739641544&s=books&sprefix=washington+general+terry%2Cstripbooks%2C108&sr=1-1) by Terry Golway

[The Browns of Providence Plantations: Colonial Years](https://www.amazon.com/Providence-Plantations-Studies-Economic-History/dp/0674492706) by James B. Hedges

[The Browns of Providence Plantations: The Nineteenth Century](https://www.amazon.com/Browns-Providence-Plantations-Nineteenth-Century/dp/0870571109) by James B. Hedges

[Memoir Of Samuel Slater: The Father Of American Manufactures, Connected With A History Of The Rise And Progress Of The Cotton Manufacture](https://www.amazon.com/Memoir-Samuel-Slater-Manufactures-Manufacture/dp/1163247723) by George S. White

[Peaceably if we can, forcibly if we must! Writings by and about Seth Luther](https://www.amazon.com/Peaceably-forcibly-Writings-about-Luther/dp/B0006R2AHI) by Scott Molloy, Carl Gersuny, Robert Mocieski

[The Hanging and Redemption of John Gordon: The True Story of Rhode Island's Last Execution](https://www.amazon.com/Hanging-Redemption-John-Gordon-Execution/dp/1609498682) by Paul F. Caranci

[The People's Martyr: Thomas Wilson Dorr and His 1842 Rhode Island Rebellion](https://www.amazon.com/Peoples-Martyr-Thomas-Wilson-Rebellion/dp/0700619240/ref=sr_1_fkmr0_1?crid=1KT9CGZ58LGOR&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.crJV33Ud9ZbUlc8a7M3wBcU-EHR7ARv98uD-s6AamqA.uN9Pf6FnFXOZVHVT54LWSndcXSgHDd7aTC446VXpJjU&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+peoples+martyr+tchaut&qid=1739643943&s=books&sprefix=the+peoples+martyr+tchaut%2Cstripbooks%2C110&sr=1-1-fkmr0) by Eric J. Chaput

[Kate Chase and William Sprague: Politics and Gender in a Civil War Marriage](https://www.amazon.com/Kate-Chase-William-Sprague-Politics/dp/080322947X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=Y7D1R2W775EO&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.fnNcXB2bhYLaWkhsMclFDRIKSqfFR8zulE-CgATaqvMVtp8Hz6v0kK4YLe_dxifkdccPowSVpZCmb1bMyqAT1IWYV5sTEpRlmsrdaaw93zMRqMnyC1BavRMI_nuwHl57vf8N6FgddbWRyMfvl3BlAGFjE33o8rgdo4GsulBOhL5WjdYXBsXQNB9_rY2iNVze.nJmoLw9AR4NdYh19gKG3GvK3YLZOUCBctX0kO5DsZxI&dib_tag=se&keywords=kate+chase+and+william+sprague+rhode+island+book&qid=1739642316&s=books&sprefix=kate+chase+and+william+sprague+rhode+island+boo%2Cstripbooks%2C91&sr=1-1) by Peg A. Lamphier

[Rhode Island's Founders: From Settlement to Statehood](https://www.amazon.com/Rhode-Islands-Founders-Settlement-Statehood-ebook/dp/B00XQNLNEA/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3KKRDC50GPM8A&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.r5b0zE25HQCzfio3p88RsJn0aJBeOpQatEl7i5lpwYiNKAaXsToyRdwWrQcq7Pdw.d4ch2uJU-SiEWDv7oH2mG6loCITiO8DVCF41NsGWfF8&dib_tag=se&keywords=rhode+island+founders+conley&qid=1739568658&s=books&sprefix=rhode+island+founders+conley%2Cstripbooks%2C98&sr=1-1) by Patrick T. Conley

[The Makers of Modern Rhode Island](https://www.amazon.com/Makers-Modern-Island-Patrick-Conley/dp/1467154024/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=h5bKR&content-id=amzn1.sym.bc3ba8d1-5076-4ab7-9ba8-a5c6211e002d&pf_rd_p=bc3ba8d1-5076-4ab7-9ba8-a5c6211e002d&pf_rd_r=132-2507573-9360655&pd_rd_wg=R2ZBU&pd_rd_r=3372f28e-39ba-4841-a521-5ef01ef4c937&ref_=aufs_ap_sc_dsk) by Patrick T. Conley

[The Leaders of Rhode Island's Golden Age](https://www.amazon.com/Leaders-Rhode-Islands-Golden-Age/dp/1540238911/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1Q3KOFVSK63MG&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.DD-FEKWn5R6lAmkFmN162HZhg5DJRKZS1RJ3aGf1Hmi0NwUm_17bqWKd6dNxMQ9J_NqCr5RCoHpPoLWlpXSJgtbRQm17ZNkXO22ZrWOVRIJFeuqa7yT045fupnKjpuqD5NmoGtKzDojdR1hKfNZtZgOviGEQTDSgsB44mE5GT8-uKSXoyWrvMAy-Xp7RN5uVegSLMo-0AV_zLk8RiWyvo8NHZCII62_CTb_tbtmLsmuVtQjji8ztBsutmk6aQVGd.iJrjZi0WTGo9qBVg3s9gZ1HHYLB2hGs9_xFeuRmV_6M&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+leaders+of+rhode+island+golden+age&qid=1739642591&s=books&sprefix=the+leaders+of+rhode+island+golden+ag%2Cstripbooks%2C101&sr=1-1) by Patrick T. Conley

[Sons of Providence: The Brown Brothers, the Slave Trade, and the American Revolution](https://www.amazon.com/Sons-Providence-Brothers-American-Revolution/dp/0743266889/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3E26WJS0BVD1&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.TpdpCS4stBCI4hLhaTLa4ZyD5EkifVZ8Xh7LTUso2vWEAkunUDqsE-dxPfdzyUDPD3KP7-blt_45BAKrk_KaZmEcyORGbmP5oxHcjomlbf_3-jjHbo3ucxJEPp2gefthFxGhz1dEpjuoBNz0q2D_uUAZzxKIXMyoqS4nl5_TOIm2j941HBD9LGgah0ONkNnga_ZW0Msk_ZHeKPcb3gzRMqF8LJSTJaCWMfdZ1Ch6hJU.ii8sTo6pLub_j2AfCCP1Xi75LD2hq1E3h2ekkzJGh2I&dib_tag=se&keywords=sons+of+providence+book&qid=1739642891&s=books&sprefix=sons+of+providence+book%2Cstripbooks%2C107&sr=1-1) by Charles Rappleye

[The Prince of Providence: The Rise and Fall of Buddy Cianci, America's Most Notorious Mayor](https://www.amazon.com/Prince-Providence-Cianci-Americas-Notorious/dp/0375759670) by Mike Stanton

[Nelson Aldrich: A Leader in American Politics](https://www.abebooks.com/first-edition/Nelson-W-Aldrich-Leader-American-Politics/32013110197/bd) by Nathaniel Wright Stephenson

*Location Specific*

[Lafayette, Rhode Island: A Few Phases of Its History from the Ice Age to the Atomic](https://books.google.com/books/about/Lafayette_Rhode_Island.html?id=tg4oAQAAMAAJ) by George W. Gardiner

[Lost South Kingstown](https://southcountyhistorycenter.square.site/product/lost-south-kingstown/54) by Pettaquamscutt Historical Society

[First Owners of the Providence Towne Street Home Lots: A Walking Tour with an Interactive Online Map](https://www.amazon.com/First-Owners-Providence-Towne-Street/dp/B0BPQV9MJ2) by Michael Conrad Swanson

[The Economic & Social Transformation of Rural Rhode Island, 1780-1850](https://www.amazon.com/Economic-Transformation-1780-1850-England-Studies/dp/1555531210/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2E7IV3ZTI00YP&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.b6ZvfaZLue6NmStllclL1fceKzFzBimy9VHDwCA254B99QWWDTAhvBUBmvymEq3tia2AQjnfxTh4iujdzZK-sVZFJXC3wq3p-BtiT3YtNQ9TcaCZNVS2m7hzMM4QG4ce1dmwEN3mH6p9FPfr5H0cMEicJNOsort--7Hcs71SoRHjyCVsL_FN1zSN7IUhR6iC.ObH_L-NsGbItYjvzEFcEkOcbXhCWOntpJxlGUZoQLOk&dib_tag=se&keywords=the+economic+and+social+transformation+of+rhode+island&qid=1739642041&s=books&sprefix=the+economic+and+social+transformation+of+rhode+island+%2Cstripbooks%2C90&sr=1-1) by Daniel P. Jones

[Becoming a City: From Fishing Village to Manufacturing Center](https://navigator.rihs.org/rhode-island-a-bibliography-of-its-history/becoming-a-city-from-fishing-village-to-manufacturing-center/) by Margaret Dickie Muroff

[Gilded: How Newport Became America's Richest Resort](https://www.amazon.com/Gilded-Newport-Became-Americas-Richest/dp/1118014014/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1X0GELLC5RQ8M&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.LIIeD1dimLlrj40o1Ic-lYLF6aejKAsK886SRsx4sdc.QixPxeFo1xf_zo2TBh5AUkAjh_b_zSYkcNKjf5fom58&dib_tag=se&keywords=gilded+how+newport+became+america%27s+richest+resort+book&qid=1739643145&s=books&sprefix=gilded+how+newport+became+americas+richest+resort+boo%2Cstripbooks%2C98&sr=1-1) by Deborah Davis

[Historic Taverns of Rhode Island](https://www.amazon.com/Historic-Taverns-Rhode-Island-Landmarks-ebook/dp/B00XQUNPJY/ref=sr_1_1?crid=21R66A535BKYA&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.r2IEuahww5pcU5tDlsCtI2NCnWxK-btl0ZSZtdkOWd19Rt9K3RjQ6mqjR1AepNtdYczWBMqnkIHOi-Xjprt9YWQPZ0907YtwqJunkWAAunE1R-wLrTuUtPf2fuPpXeSd.hyDBJ-HgEE81JIMyPE1t7PQ8z4FXm4-hTvJryY69oNM&dib_tag=se&keywords=historic+taverns+of+rhode+island&qid=1739643656&s=books&sprefix=historic+taverns+of+rhode+island%2Cstripbooks%2C91&sr=1-1) by Robert Geake

[Plantation in Yankeeland: The Story of Cocumscussoc, Mirror of Colonial Rhode Island](https://books.google.com/books/about/Plantation_in_Yankeeland.html?id=2IQwAAAAMAAJ) by Carl Raymond Woodward

[History of East Greenwich, Rhode Island, 1677-1960](https://books.google.com/books/about/History_of_East_Greenwich_Rhode_Island_1.html?id=rw0oAQAAMAAJ) by Martha R. McPartland

[A History of Kingston, R.I., 1700-1900: Heart of Rural South County](https://books.google.com/books/about/A_History_of_Kingston_R_I_1700_1900.html?id=VrDPAAAACAAJ) by Christian M. McBurney

[Historic Tales of Jamestown](https://www.amazon.com/Historic-Tales-Jamestown-American-Chronicles-ebook/dp/B01M3R8L20/ref=sr_1_1?crid=RSER6LCNZ08L&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.da4Jkx1nLFRE_PPcSj0hxhVH9iBE1APe35Pv7xtZInj58el49uNlI_n_oa4ecvy4enEL4LORTTkJSsFBIUJKd0Fr6tPWsaajmiX4-GLL0DcaF7DRL-qNU6NYcnt9HWPvGbx15RMwJxqIBCoHJ4GNWZZU_UXeQ2gMbI87Ev6hzY247tLjn-V6HQRvGayn7YNWZ3cmQRJGZ5oX150QXet-uK3coumqwxM1uIhieXIztjn1qjOaus88VbWiBYu_eE7EUgynm7Iv4ygjH821ijtxbA.iTL2uq04qZnHJc848ma8Oa1ZeIgAI6xXBISc81yRMTo&dib_tag=se&keywords=historic+tales+of+jamestown&qid=1739644074&s=books&sprefix=historic+tales+of+jamestown+%2Cstripbooks%2C118&sr=1-1) by Rosemary Enright and Sue Maden

[Bristol: Montaup to Poppasquash](https://www.arcadiapublishing.com/products/9780738523569?gclid=CjwKCAiAk8G9BhA0EiwAOQxmfq1L9Bp_QXYnOFMZJsNtLvmaBJ8AllhxZ9t84j278PsKFhZ3dlSHzBoCigMQAvD_BwE&currency=USD&variant=49475289088296&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Google%20Shopping&stkn=58f18f3a2581&gad_source=1&ef_id=Z7D1OAAABTvJglbj:20250215201240:s) by Richard V. Simpson

[History of Bristol, Rhode Island: The Story of the Mount Hope Lands](https://www.amazon.com/History-Bristol-Rhode-Island-Story/dp/0788408275) by Wilfred H. Monro

[The Rise of Newport's Catholics: From Colonial Outcasts to Guilded Age Leaders](https://www.umasspress.com/9781625347978/the-rise-of-newports-catholics/) by John F. Quinn

[A Brief History Of The Town Of Glocester, Rhode Island: Preceded By A Sketch Of The Territory While A Part Of Providence](https://www.amazon.com/Brief-History-Glocester-Rhode-Island/dp/1104002582) by Elizabeth A. Perry

[The Economic History of Newport Rhode Island](https://www.amazon.com/Economic-History-Newport-Rhode-Island/dp/1496935438) by Kenneth Walsh

*Rhode Island Adjacent*

[Manitou and Providence: Indians, Europeans, and the Making of New England, 1500-1643](https://www.amazon.com/Manitou-Providence-Indians-Europeans-1500-1643/dp/0195034546) by Neal Salisbury

[Changes in the Land: Indians, Colonists, and the Ecology of New England](https://www.amazon.com/dp/0809016346/?bestFormat=true&k=changes%20in%20the%20land&ref_=nb_sb_ss_w_scx-ent-pd-bk-d_de_k0_1_20&crid=BPC3727UGRKF&sprefix=changes%20in%20the%20land%20) by William Cronin

[Black Flags, Blue Waters: The Epic History of America's Most Notorious Pirates](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1631496220/?bestFormat=true&k=black%20flags%20blue%20waters%20book&ref_=nb_sb_ss_w_scx-ent-pd-bk-d_de_k0_1_13&crid=3MFNDO7ILFNMG&sprefix=black%20flags%20b) by Eric Jay Dolin

[Old Paths and Legends of New England: Saunterings Over Historic Roads, with Glimpses of Picturesque Fields and Old Homesteads in Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire](https://archive.org/details/oldpathslegendso03abbo) by Katharine Abbott

[The Lively Experiment: Religious Toleration in America from Roger Williams to the Present](https://www.amazon.com/Lively-Experiment-Religious-Toleration-Williams/dp/1442248726/ref=sr_1_1?crid=MVN73DUZAU3O&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.dqIf-Hs8xtbfMVbatyMOnHzRjy9XUSiWBx7eWsYoafE.5zRv8oqts6suP8ESBUMQ5QEGXZKXOpk_hDJHpYRWF_I&dib_tag=se&keywords=The+Lively+Experiment+Religious+Toleration+in+America+from+Roger+Williams+to+the+Present&qid=1739711536&s=books&sprefix=the+lively+experiment+religious+toleration+in+america+from+roger+williams+to+the+present%2Cstripbooks%2C68&sr=1-1) edited by Chris Beneke and Christohpher S. Grenda

[Toward Democracy: The Struggle for Self-Rule in European and American Thought](https://www.amazon.com/Toward-Democracy-Struggle-Self-Rule-European/dp/019505461X/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3CMJ9VR3XZZ1B&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.m9wNYJCGeLeiZKe1rljVSPDLYGYAjC9uubgDD-kA0Q96-xMndgIxSjQ9fMt2ksM3.VAOwV1RTgHfZf1kQqD-sQWpeo5cTYEaCk-j0IVMt-tQ&dib_tag=se&keywords=toward+democracy+kloppenberg&qid=1739644797&s=books&sprefix=toward+democracy+kloppenberg%2Cstripbooks%2C99&sr=1-1) by James T. Kloppenberg