Paul Revere: Rider for the Revolution (Historical American Biographies) [Library Binding]

Barbara Ford (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: May 1997 | Series: Historical American Biographies

Describes the life of the silversmith who made the historic ride to announce the coming of British troops to Massachusetts at the beginning of the Revolutionary War.

Product Details

• Library Binding: 128 pages
• Publisher: Enslow Publishers (May 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0894907794
• ISBN-13: 978-0894907791
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,754,114 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars History is fascinating, this book is not., February 27, 2001

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This review is from: Paul Revere: Rider for the Revolution (Historical American Biographies) (Library Binding)

I ordered this book for my son as he had a book report due on an historical biography. My son is a very reluctant reader and as it was rather lengthy, I offered to read some pages and he could read some pages aloud to me. History is a fascinating subject, but Barbara Ford has reduced Paul Revere's life and contribution to so tedious an excercise, I couldn't even stay interested. The book has too many characters and it is difficult to remember who they are and what they did. Ford uses terms such as "whig" and "tories" and "regulars", without much explanation as to what those terms mean. In chapter six, Ford says, "As Revere helped carry John Hancock's trunk away from the tavern, he heard the first shot of the American Revolution". She doesn't indicate here why Revere secured John Hancock's trunk, what was in the trunk, or why that was important. She does go on to say that the trunk survived and is currently on display at the Worcester Historical Museum in Massachusettes. So? What was in the trunk? There is no definitive timeline, except in the chronology at the end of the book. There is no sense of the drama of being a country at war. The characters have no personalities. The battles have no interest. The book makes no effort to engage the young reader at any level.