The American Revolutionaries: A History in Their Own Words 1750-1800 Paperback - 1993
by Milton Meltzer
Acclaimed author Milton Meltzer gathers together a cast of characters in this compelling collage of eyewitness accounts from the American Revolution. Photos and documents throughout make the vivid text come alive. "Will make young readers look at history in a whole new way".--Booklist. ALA Best Books for Young Adults.
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FIRST, THE LAND: "So vast is the territory of North America" said Benjamin Franklin, "that it will require many ages to settle it fully" In the first one hundred and fifty years, the ragged line of settlements had run from Maine down to Georgia.
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A humble shoemaker hears the bells ringing at Lexington and responds to a call to battle. An aide to George Washington recounts his feelings as he crosses the Delaware. A young surgeon describes in his diary the horror of an army camp, where the spread of smallpox, frostbite, and starvation are deadlier than any sword. These are the voices of the American Revolutionaries.
Most of us know about the American Revolution only from secondhand accounts of the fighting or from documents such as the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. But listen closely and you can hear the voices-those that tell the truest stories -- of men, women, and children of all races who experienced the Revolution firsthand, who planted the seeds of liberty and passionately struggled to give birth to the United States of America that we know today.
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- Title The American Revolutionaries: A History in Their Own Words 1750-1800
- Author Milton Meltzer
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Pages 224
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher HarperCollins, New York
- Date September 30, 1993
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Illustrated, Index
- ISBN 9780064461450 / 0064461459
- Weight 0.55 lbs (0.25 kg)
- Dimensions 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.7 in (22.61 x 14.99 x 1.78 cm)
- Ages 08 to 12 years
- Grade levels 3 - 7
- Reading level 1220
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 18th Century
- Library of Congress subjects United States - History - Revolution,, United States - History - Confederation,
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 86047846
- Dewey Decimal Code 973.3
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