num_pages: 40
description: Henry Knox (17501806) liked to eat and had the round face and heavyset build to prove it. A bookseller whose customers included both British officers and American colonists he married into a Loyalist family. He always wore a silk handkerchief around his hand to conceal an old injury.An unlikely Revolutionary War hero? Perhaps. But Henry Knox was an ardent patriot. He devoted himself to the service of his country and of General George Washington. And it was Henry Knox who devised a plan to bring heavy artillery from Fort Ticonderoga to relieve the siege of Bostonand managed despite all obstacles to make it work.Described here in brief chapters and beautifully detailed paintings Henry Knox's heroic undertaking is a little known but thrilling chapter in the story of American independence.
language: English
title: Henry Knox: Bookseller, Soldier, Patriot
publisher: Clarion Books