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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
75th anniversary edition.
Physical Desc
299 pages : illustrations , color map ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
After injuring his hand, a silversmith's apprentice in Boston becomes a messenger for the Sons of Liberty in the days before the American Revolution.
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Series
Publisher
Dutton Children's Books
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
x, 195 p. : maps ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1776 Boston, twelve-year-old Daniel, hiding his parents' allegiance to the Sons of Liberty from the British officers who visit their tavern, tries to gather all the information he can and risks his life to reveal a traitor to George Washington.
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Language
English
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On June 17, 1775, the entire dynamic of the newborn American Revolution was changed. If the Battle of Lexington and Concord was, in the immortal words of Ralph Waldo Emerson, the "shot heard round the world," Bunker Hill was the volley that rocked Britain's Parliament and the ministry of King George III to its core. The Battle of Bunker Hill was the first hostile engagement of the Revolution between two organized armies, and the first time that a...
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English
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Discover the people and places of colonial Boston during the tumultuous years of rebellion-illustrations included. In 1764, a small town in the British colony of Massachusetts ignited a bold rebellion. When Great Britain levied the Sugar Act on its American colonies, Parliament was not prepared for Boston's backlash. For the next decade, Loyalists and rebels harried one another as both sides revolted and betrayed, punished and murdered. But the rebel...
9) Loyalty
Author
Language
English
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Description
Newbery Medalist Avi explores the American Revolution from a fresh perspective in the story of a young Loyalist turned British spy navigating patriotism and personal responsibility during the lead-up to the War of Independence.
When his father is killed by rebel vigilantes, Noah flees with his family to Boston. Intent on avenging his father, Noah becomes a spy for the British and firsthand witness to the power of partisan rumor to distort facts,...
11) Boston town
Author
Publisher
Houghton, Mifflin and Co
Pub. Date
[1881]
Physical Desc
243 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Swept up by the European ballooning craze of the 1780s, Dr. John Jeffries longed to become the first person to fly across the English Channel. But first he had to outwit a rascally copilot, keep the balloon from bursting, and avoid crashing into the sea. The good doctor's quick-thinking solutions will surprise young readers--and keep them giggling."--Amazon.com.
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Language
English
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Description
Meticulously grounded in original scholarship, this ambitious project is the definitive biography of Dr. Joseph Warren. Making sense of the subject's opaque eighteenth-century physician's account books was a feat of both forensic analysis and medical historical scholarship. It was also the elusive key to understanding Joseph Warren's life experiences. Scholar-physician Samuel A. Forman has used his capabilities in history, medicine, and business accounting...
Author
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Edition
1st Pegasus Books cloth ed.
Physical Desc
389 p. : [1] map ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
With the outbreak of the American revolution, Abigail Lovell's family is torn apart--while her schoolmaster father is an outspoken loyalist and prominent figurehead in the community, she and her two brothers engage in acts of espionage to undermine the British forces in Boston. Her sickly older brother, James, operates the patriots' spy ring while Abigail acts as a courier, eluding increasingly aggressive British patrols. Meanwhile, her younger brother,...
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Language
English
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Description
On the night of March 5, 1770, British soldiers fired into a crowd gathered in front of Boston's Custom House, killing five people. Denounced as an act of unprovoked violence and villainy, the event that came to be known as the Boston Massacre is one of the most familiar incidents in American history, yet one of the least understood. Eric Hinderaker revisits this dramatic episode, examining in forensic detail the facts of that fateful night, the competing...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
xvi, 296 pages, 4 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A dramatic untold 'people's history' of the storied event that helped trigger the American Revolution"--
"The story of the Boston Massacre--when on a late winter evening in 1770, British soldiers shot five local men to death--is familiar to generations. But the history of the event has always obscured a fascinating truth: the Massacre arose from conflicts that were as personal as they were political. Historian Serena Zabin weaves colorful stories...
Author
Publisher
Nancy Paulsen Books
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, color map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Twelve-year-old Benjamin Russell of Boston experiences the Revolutionary War from the Boston Tea Party of 1773 through the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Includes historical note.
Author
Series
Publisher
Harcourt Brace
Pub. Date
c1999
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
From 1774 to 1776, Emma describes in her journal her stay in Boston, where she witnesses the British blockade and spies for the American militia. Features hand-printed text, drawings, and marginal notes.
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