Guns for General Washington: A Story of the American Revolution (Paperback)

~ (Author) "Crack! Crack! Crack! The sound of musket fire cut through the stillness of the sleeping camp..." (more)
Key Phrases: Colonel Knox, General Washington, Will Knox (more...)

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Grade 4-7-- A novel about a little-known event in American history--the great cannon trek of 1775. Colonel Henry Knox conceived a plan to take desperately needed cannons and ammunition from New York's Fort Ticonderoga to Boston where rebel forces feared that a British attack was imminent. The huge, ungainly guns had to be moved during the winter over hundreds of miles of mountainous wilderness. The bulk of this book re-creates that arduous journey to and from the fort. Despite its pedestrian title and uninspired cover art, this is a fast paced, well-told adventure story. Dialogue among the characters sounds authentic and never forced. Will Knox, the colonel's 19-year-old brother, goes along on the trek and provides a character with whom readers can readily identify. Satisfying historical fiction that deserves a place on library shelves for its clear telling of an important but obscure chapter in American history. --Bruce Anne Shook, Mendenhall Middle School, Greensboro, NC
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“A fast paced, well-told adventure story...Authentic...Satisfying.”-School Library Journal -- Review

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Product Details

• Reading level: Ages 9-12
  
• Paperback: 160 pages
• Publisher: Sandpiper (August 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0152164359
• ISBN-13: 978-0152164355
• Product Dimensions: 6.9 x 4.6 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #37,309 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Guns For General Washington, June 18, 2001

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This review is from: Guns for General Washington: A Story of the American Revolution (Great Episodes) (Paperback)

Guns For General Washington is a great book because of the action and advenerture. Henry Knox, a patroit who goes to Fort Ticonderoga, a fort in New York that has at least 183 cannons, lead for bullets, flint for flintlock muskets. There were also mortars, a type of gun, howitzers, a another type of gun,and a cohorns, another type of gun. They, Henry and his brother and some others who help out, have to go 300 miles to Fort Ticonderoga from Boston and 300 miles back to Boston from Fort Ticonderoga.This takes place in Massachusetts and New York in 1775 and 1776. The conflict is that General Washington is fighting a british general ,General Howe, with no aritillery like cannons and gunpowder.This book has very good action and advenerture

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Guns for General Washington, November 23, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Guns for General Washington: A Story of the American Revolution (Great Episodes) (Paperback)

THIS BOOK WAS A VERY DETAILED AND CURIOUS BOOK. IT GAVE YOU ALL OF THE DETAILS NEEDED TO FIGURE OUT HOW THE STORY GOES. USUALLY WHEN I READ A BOOK I STOP IN THE MIDDLE BECAUSE IT IS TOO BOARING, BUT I READ THROUGH TIS ENTIRE BOOK. IT ALWAYS FINDS SOMETHING TO FOCUS ON SO IT DOESN NOT LOOSE YOUR INTREST.IT MAKES YOU REALIZE JUST HOW MANY PEOPLE RISK THEIR LIFES TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE SAFE.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Fun Book to Stimulate Interest in History, January 30, 2002

By	Patrick W. O'Hara "taparaho" (Salt Point, NY United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Guns for General Washington: A Story of the American Revolution (Great Episodes) (Paperback)

This is a fun book that should help your youngster develop an interest in American History. It is easy to read an has great illustratiions. You will not be disappointed with this purchase. Look for others by the same author.