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Description edit
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,... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Paul Revere: Add a description of this character.
- Thomas Gage
- Percy
- John Hancock
- Colonel Smith
- Sam Adams
- William Dawes
- John Parker
- Amos Barrett
- Pitcairn
- Jonas Clarke
- Samuel Adams
- Leslie
- Elijah Sanderson
- John Singleton Copley
- Adair
- Captain Parker
- Dr. Joseph Warren
- Prescott
- Munroe
- Tewksbury
- William Heath
- William Emerson
- Dorothy Quincy
- Robert Newman
- Weston
- Frederick Mackenzie
- Charles River
- John Adams
- Russell
- Francis Smith
- Brown
- Barker
- Menotomy
- Isaac Davis
- Loammi Baldwin
Setting & Locations edit
- New England
- Lexington Road
- Boston Neck
- Concord Bridge
- Massachusetts
- British America
- Cambridge
- Charlestown
- Salem
- London
- Roxbury
- North Bridge
- Watertown
- Britain
- New York
- Woburn
- Portsmouth
- Bedford Road
- Marblehead
- Sudbury
- Danvers
- Worcester
- Lincoln
- Brookline
- Framingham
- Medford
- Philadelphia
- Lord North
- Billerica
- Waltham
- Groton
- Pepperell
- Chelmsford
- Quebec
- Andover
- Concord Road
- Europe
- Dedham
- Connecticut
- Arlington
First Sentence edit
IN OUR MIND'S EYE we tend to see Paul Revere at a distance, mounted on horseback, galloping through the dark of night.
Authors & Contributors edit
- David Hackett Fischer (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1995
ISBN: 0195098315
Page Count: 464
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1995
ISBN: 0195098315
Page Count: 464
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 973.3311092
Subjects edit
- Books › History › Americas › United States › State & Local › Massachusetts
- Books › History › Americas › United States › Colonial Period
- Books › History › Americas › United States › Revolution & Founding
- Books › History › Historical Study › Revolutionary
- Books › Arts & Photography › History & Criticism
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