The Day the American Revolution Began 
Subtitle: 19 April 1775
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Published: April 10, 2001
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
ISBN-13: 9780380796052
First sentence: On the morning of Tuesday, April 18, 1775, under bright skies and in cool spring temperatures, twenty British officers and ser all mounted, all under the command of the mercurial Major Edward Mitchell of the 5th Foot, rode out of the British army stables in Boston.