Paul Revere & the World He Lived In
By: Esther Forbes.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin company
Published: 1942
Place of publication: Boston, Mass., USA
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 498
Subjects: Revere, Paul, 1735-1818.; Statesmen -- Massachusetts -- Biography.; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Biography.; United States -- History -- Confederation, 1783-1789 -- Biography.; United States -- Civilization -- to 1783.; Massachusetts -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Description: This vivid account of the life and times of Paul Revere was first published in 1942, to great acclaim and a Pulitzer Prize. An elegant storyteller and expert historian, Edith Forbes paints a memorable portrait of American colonial history and of this most legendary of revolutionary heroes, "not merely one man riding one horse on a certain lonely night of long ago, but a symbol to which his countrymen can yet turn.