I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 (I Survived #15)
Title | I Survived the American Revolution, 1776 (I Survived #15) PDF eBook |
Author | Lauren Tarshis |
Publisher | Scholastic Inc. |
Pages | 107 |
Release | 2017-08-29 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 0545919754 |
Bestselling author Lauren Tarshis tackles the American Revolution in this latest installment of the groundbreaking, New York Times bestselling I Survived series. Bestselling author Lauren Tarshis tackles the American Revolution in this latest installment of the groundbreaking, New York Times bestselling I Survived series. British soldiers were everywhere. There was no escape. Nathaniel Fox never imagined he'd find himself in the middle of a blood-soaked battlefield, fighting for his life. He was only eleven years old! He'd barely paid attention to the troubles between America and England. How could he, while being worked to the bone by his cruel uncle, Uriah Storch? But when his uncle's rage forces him to flee the only home he knows, Nate is suddenly propelled toward a thrilling and dangerous journey into the heart of the Revolutionary War. He finds himself in New York City on the brink of what will be the biggest battle yet.
Forgotten Patriots
Title | Forgotten Patriots PDF eBook |
Author | Edwin G. Burrows |
Publisher | Basic Books |
Pages | 386 |
Release | 2008-11-11 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0786727047 |
Between 1775 and 1783, some 200,000 Americans took up arms against the British Crown. Just over 6,800 of those men died in battle. About 25,000 became prisoners of war, most of them confined in New York City under conditions so atrocious that they perished by the thousands. Evidence suggests that at least 17,500 Americans may have died in these prisons -- more than twice the number to die on the battlefield. It was in New York, not Boston or Philadelphia, where most Americans gave their lives for the cause of independence. New York City became the jailhouse of the American Revolution because it was the principal base of the Crown's military operations. Beginning with the bumper crop of American captives taken during the 1776 invasion of New York, captured Americans were stuffed into a hastily assembled collection of public buildings, sugar houses, and prison ships. The prisoners were shockingly overcrowded and chronically underfed -- those who escaped alive told of comrades so hungry they ate their own clothes and shoes. Despite the extraordinary number of lives lost, Forgotten Patriots is the first-ever account of what took place in these hell-holes. The result is a unique perspective on the Revolutionary War as well as a sobering commentary on how Americans have remembered our struggle for independence -- and how much we have forgotten.
Henry and the Cannons
Title | Henry and the Cannons PDF eBook |
Author | Don Brown |
Publisher | Roaring Brook Press |
Pages | 36 |
Release | 2013-01-22 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1466830131 |
Before Washington crossed the Delaware, Henry Knox crossed Massachusetts in winter—with 59 cannons in tow. In 1775 in the dead of winter, a bookseller named Henry Knox dragged 59 cannons from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston—225 miles of lakes, forest, mountains, and few roads. It was a feat of remarkable ingenuity and determination and one of the most remarkable stories of the revolutionary war. In Henry and the Cannons the perils and adventure of his journey come to life through Don Brown's vivid and evocative artwork.
The American Revolution Reborn
Title | The American Revolution Reborn PDF eBook |
Author | Patrick Spero |
Publisher | University of Pennsylvania Press |
Pages | 424 |
Release | 2016-11-25 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0812248465 |
The American Revolution Reborn parts company with the American Revolution of our popular imagination and renders it as a time of intense ambiguity and frightening contingency. With an introduction by Spero and a conclusion by Zuckerman, this volume heralds a substantial and revelatory rebirth in the study of the American Revolution.
Revolutionary Friends
Title | Revolutionary Friends PDF eBook |
Author | Selene Castrovilla |
Publisher | Astra Publishing House |
Pages | 42 |
Release | 2020-10-20 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 1635925088 |
Society of School Librarians International Book Award Honor California Reading Association Eureka! Nonfiction Honor Bank Street College Best Children's Book of the Year Booklist Top Ten Biography for Youth Young fans of the smash Broadway hit "Hamilton" will enjoy this narrative nonfiction picture book story about the important friendship between George Washington and the Marquis de Lafayette during the Revolutionary War. Lafayette has come to America to offer his services to the patriotic cause. Inexperienced but dedicated, he is a much-needed ally and not only earns a military position with the Continental Army but also Washington's respect and admiration. This picture book presents the human side of history, revealing the bond between two famous Revolutionary figures. Both the author and illustrator worked with experts and primary sources to represent both patriots and the war accurately and fairly.
Young Patriots
Title | Young Patriots PDF eBook |
Author | Marcella F. Anderson |
Publisher | Boyds Mills Press |
Pages | 172 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 9781590782415 |
Stories describing the experiences of young people during critical moments of the American Revolution, including the battles in New York, Saratoga, Trenton and Valley Forge, and events of the Boston Tea Party, Paul Revere's Ride, the Constitutional Convention and others.
Liberty or Death
Title | Liberty or Death PDF eBook |
Author | Betsy Maestro |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Pages | 72 |
Release | 2005-09-06 |
Genre | Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | 0688088023 |
It began in Boston, with angry colonists objecting to the tyranny of a king who ruled from an ocean away. It was voiced by patriots such as Sam Adams and Patrick Henry and echoed by citizens from New England all the way to the Carolinas. It was fought by many -- colonists and patriots, Loyalists and slaves, Frontiersmen and Indians, British and French soldiers. Over more than ten years, sides were taken, guns drawn, lives lost. But through it all, one man -- a general from Virginia named George Washington -- held the young colonies together and led them to victory, beating almost impossible odds. History lovers Betsy and Giulio Maestro tell this true story of extraordinary times, incredible drama, and the birth of a new nation.