Resources for Scholars

Red Hill is the largest repository for all things Patrick Henry, but we also hold the collections of his family and descendants. We are also working to grow our resources concerning the African American history of Red Hill.

Our archives include written works such as letters, diaries, essays, and theses; our collections include portraits, furniture, sculptures, and decorative arts. For inquiries about the collection, please contact us. In-person research appointments are available upon request.

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Bibliography of Patrick Henry Biographies

All listed books are available for viewing at the James S. Easley Research Library.

Frontispiece of William Wirt’s Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick Henry (1817). Public Domain.

 

Campbell, Norine Dickson. Patrick Henry: Patriot & Statesman. New York, NY: Devin-Adair Publishing Co., 1969.

Carson, Jane. Patrick Henry, Prophet of the Revolution. Brookneal, VA: Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation, 1977.

Couvillon, Mark. In Sickness and in Health: The Marriage of Patrick Henry and Sarah Shelton. Brookneal, VA: Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation, 2021.

Couvillon, Mark. Patrick Henry’s Virginia: A Guide to the Homes and Sites in the Life of an American Patriot. Brookneal, VA: Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation, 2001.

Couvillon, Mark. The Demosthenes of His Age: Accounts of Patrick Henry’s Oratory by His Contemporaries. Brookneal, VA: Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation, 2013.

Daily, Patrick. Patrick Henry: The Last Years (1789-1799). Brookneal, VA: Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation, 2013.

Elson, James M. Patrick Henry in His Speeches and Writings and in the Words of His Contemporaries. Lynchburg, VA: Warwick House, 2007.

Fontaine, Edward; Couvillon, Mark, ed. Patrick Henry: Corrections of biographical mistakes… Brookneal, VA: Patrick Henry Memorial Foundation, 2011.

Hayes, Kevin. The Mind of a Patriot: Patrick Henry and the World of Ideas. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press, 2008.

Henry, William Wirt, ed. Patrick Henry: Life, Correspondence and Speeches. 3 vols. New York, NY: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1891.

Kidd, Thomas S. Patrick Henry: First Among Patriots. New York, NY: Basic Books, 2011.

Kukla, Jon. Patrick Henry: Champion of Liberty. New York, NY: Simon & Schuster, 2017.

Kukla, Jon, and Amy Kukla. Patrick Henry: Voice of the Revolution. New York, NY: Rosen Publishing Group, 2001.

Mayer, Henry.  Son of Thunder: Patrick Henry and the American Republic. New York, NY: Grove Press, 1986.

McCants, David. Patrick Henry, The Orator. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 1990.

Meade, Robert Douthat. Patrick Henry: Patriot in the Making. Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott & Co, 1957.

Meade, Robert Douthat. Patrick Henry: Practical Revolutionary. Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott & Co, 1969.

Morgan, George. The True Patrick Henry. Philadelphia, PA: J. B. Lippincott Co, 1907.

Ragosta, John. For the People, For the Country: Patrick Henry’s Final Political Battle. Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Press: 2023.

Ragosta, John. Patrick Henry: Proclaiming a Revolution. Philadelphia, PA: Routledge, 2016.

Tyler, Moses Coit. Patrick Henry. Boston, MA: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., 1887.

Unger, Harlow Giles. Lion of Liberty: Patrick Henry and the Call to a New Nation. Boston, MA: De Capo Press, 2011.

Willison, George F. Patrick Henry and his World. New York, NY: Doubleday, 1969.

Wirt, William. Sketches of the Life and Character of Patrick Henry. Philadelphia, PA: James Webster, 1817.