Paul Revere: Patriot Book

A biography of Paul Revere, who is best remembered for his dangerous ride to warn other American patriots that British troops were on the move at the start of the ...

Children's Literature

Paul Revere is a nicely illustrated book that will appeal to a young reader. It has a variety of visuals, including maps, photographs, and drawings in both black-and-white and color. The text by Carin Ford is brisk and clear in telling the story of an American hero named Paul Revere, one of twelve children born in Boston and apprenticed as a silversmith in his father's silver shop. Revere was born at a time when America was still an English colony struggling to break free from English control. As a young man, he became involved in these struggles for freedom he was a member of the Boston Tea Party and dressed up as an American Indian. But he is most known for his midnight ride, when he traveled by horse through the New England towns warning the people that the English troops were on the move. During the eight years of the Revolutionary War, Paul Revere delivered many messages while on horseback. He died at the age of eighty-three and had more than fifty grandchildren. 2003, Enslow Publishers, Yannuzzi