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Product Identifiers
PublisherSt. Martin's Press
ISBN-10125034137X
ISBN-139781250341372
eBay Product ID (ePID)18067068134
Product Key Features
Book TitleRide : Paul Revere and the Night That Saved America
Number of Pages304 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2025
TopicUnited States / Revolutionary Period (1775-1800), United States / Colonial Period (1600-1775), Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies), Historical
IllustratorYes
GenreBiography & Autobiography, History
AuthorKostya Kennedy
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight15.9 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.8 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2024-049898
Dewey Edition23
TitleLeadingThe
Reviews"As recognizable as the name is, we did not know the real Paul Revere until Kostya Kennedy revealed the man in full in The Ride. Thanks to a fascinating, detailed narrative, we discover not only Revere's heroism when alerting that "the British are coming" on that fateful night but the larger and dangerous role Revere played with other famous patriots in creating a new republic." --Tom Clavin, New York Times bestselling author of Bandit Heaven
Dewey Decimal973.3311092
SynopsisUSA Today Bestseller Timed for the 250th anniversary of America's revolution and founding: Paul Revere's heroic ride, newly told with fresh research into little-known aspects of the story Americans have heard since childhood but hardly understood On April 18, 1775, a Boston-based silversmith, engraver, and anti-British political operative named Paul Revere set out on a borrowed horse to fulfill a dangerous but crucial mission: to alert American colonists of advancing British troops, which would seek to crush their nascent revolt. Revere was not the only rider that night, and indeed, he had completed at least 18 previous rides across New England and other colonies, disseminating intelligence about British movements. But this ride was like no other, and its consequences in the months and years to come--as the American Revolution morphed from isolated skirmishes to a full-fledged war--became one of our founding legends. In The Ride , Kostya Kennedy presents a dramatic new narrative of the events of April 18 and 19, 1775, informed by fresh primary and secondary source research into archives, family letters and diaries, contemporary accounts, and more. Kennedy reveals Revere's ride to be more complex than it is usually portrayed--a loosely coordinated series of rides by numerous men, near-disaster, capture by British forces, and finally success. While Revere was central to the ride and its plotting, Kennedy reveals the other men (and, perhaps, a woman with information about the movement of British forces) who helped to set in motion the events that would lead to America's independence. Thrillingly written in a dramatic, unstoppable narrative, The Ride re-tells an essential American story for a new generation of readers.
LC Classification NumberF69.R43K466 2025
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- 25. Jul. 2025
It was a sacrifice the Patriots to free this nation from the truants of British rule.
I learned more about the American Revolution in Kostya Kennedy’s The Ride than all the years I was in school. Kennedy is a sports writer, which are the greatest writers , ever, with Sports Illustrated. I never knew the full story of the sacrifices the patriots endured to free this nation for the oppressive English King.Bestätigter Kauf: JaArtikelzustand: Gebraucht
