Author: Paul ReverePublisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 22
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Letter to Dr. Belknap [concerning His Famous Ride
Author: Paul ReverePaul Revere and His Famous Ride
Author: Charles C. FarringtonPublisher:
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Category : Lexington, Battle of, Lexington, Mass., 1775
Languages : en
Pages : 150
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Paul Revere's Ride
Author: Henry Wadsworth LongfellowPublisher:
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Category : Lexington, Battle of, Lexington, Mass., 1775
Languages : en
Pages : 96
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Paul Revere's Ride
Author: David Hackett FischerPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0199779651
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 464
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Paul Revere's midnight ride looms as an almost mythical event in American history--yet it has been largely ignored by scholars and left to patriotic writers and debunkers. Now one of the foremost American historians offers the first serious look at the events of the night of April 18, 1775--what led up to it, what really happened, and what followed--uncovering a truth far more remarkable than the myths of tradition. In Paul Revere's Ride, David Hackett Fischer fashions an exciting narrative that offers deep insight into the outbreak of revolution and the emergence of the American republic. Beginning in the years before the eruption of war, Fischer illuminates the figure of Paul Revere, a man far more complex than the simple artisan and messenger of tradition. Revere ranged widely through the complex world of Boston's revolutionary movement--from organizing local mechanics to mingling with the likes of John Hancock and Samuel Adams. When the fateful night arrived, more than sixty men and women joined him on his task of alarm--an operation Revere himself helped to organize and set in motion. Fischer recreates Revere's capture that night, showing how it had an important impact on the events that followed. He had an uncanny gift for being at the center of events, and the author follows him to Lexington Green--setting the stage for a fresh interpretation of the battle that began the war. Drawing on intensive new research, Fischer reveals a clash very different from both patriotic and iconoclastic myths. The local militia were elaborately organized and intelligently led, in a manner that had deep roots in New England. On the morning of April 19, they fought in fixed positions and close formation, twice breaking the British regulars. In the afternoon, the American officers switched tactics, forging a ring of fire around the retreating enemy which they maintained for several hours--an extraordinary feat of combat leadership. In the days that followed, Paul Revere led a new battle-- for public opinion--which proved even more decisive than the fighting itself. ] When the alarm-riders of April 18 took to the streets, they did not cry, "the British are coming," for most of them still believed they were British. Within a day, many began to think differently. For George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Thomas Paine, the news of Lexington was their revolutionary Rubicon. Paul Revere's Ride returns Paul Revere to center stage in these critical events, capturing both the drama and the underlying developments in a triumphant return to narrative history at its finest.
A Bicentennial History of the Midnight Ride, April 18-19, 1775, of William Dawes, First Rider for Revolution
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Category : Concord, Battle of, Concord, Mass., 1775
Languages : en
Pages : 204
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Groton During the Revolution
Author: Samuel Abbott GreenPublisher: Groton, Mass. [Cambridge, Mass., University Press
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Category : Groton (Mass. : Town)
Languages : en
Pages : 368
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Patriot Parson of Lexington, Massachusetts, The: Reverend Jonas Clarke and the American Revolution
Author: Richard P. KollenPublisher: Arcadia Publishing
ISBN: 1467135380
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
On the night of April 18, 1775, Paul Revere arrived at the parsonage of Reverend Jonas Clarke to deliver a warning to its occupants, including Samuel Adams and John Hancock. The following morning brought the first shots of the American Revolution to a community Clarke inspired to face such a harsh reality. He called on his parish to oppose imperial legislation for years leading up to the war. And as Lexington's minister for half a century, he was central to political, civic and social life there until his death in 1805. Historian Richard P. Kollen reveals the often overlooked story of the man who helped shape the spirit of the American Revolution.
The Historical Magazine and Notes and Queries Concerning the Antiquities, History and Biography of America
Author: Groton Historical Series
Author: Samuel Abbott GreenPublisher:
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Category : Groton (Mass. : Town)
Languages : en
Pages : 726
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The Life of Colonel Paul Revere
Author: Elbridge Henry GossPublisher:
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Category : Massachusetts
Languages : en
Pages : 362
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