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The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere

Age 8-11
Grade PK-7

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Christopher Bing

The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere

Hardcover (Handprint Oct. 1, 2001) , 1st edition
In his magnificent interpretation of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow s poem, Christopher Bing seamlessly weaves history and imagination into a rich portrait of an American hero. A meticulous researcher, Bing includes material that provides texture to history, maps that follow the British campaign to quell the rebellious citizenry, as well as the patriot s ride into the Massachusetts night of April, 1775. Documents firmly affixed into the book, including the British general s orders to his troops and Revere s own deposition relating the events, give the reader not only a visual experience but a tactile one as well. Far more than a brilliantly presented history lesson, this book represents a tour de force of coherent artistic vision. In an extraordinary series of rich and moody engravings, from the mysteriously shimmering rigging of the British sloop, The Somerset, looming in a moonlit Boston harbor to the taut urgency of a man and his horse galloping at a combustible moment in the American experience, this book illuminates our country s past unlike any other.
ISBN
1929766130 / 9781929766130
Pages
40
Weight
19.2 oz.
Dimensions
9.3 x 0.5 in.