Paul Revere’s Ride

FROM SARAH:

The classic Longfellow poem with lovely illustrations by Monica Vachula. I read this to my kids sitting outside of the Old North Church when we visited Boston. The book appears to be out of print, but is still widely available used.

FROM THE PUBLISHER:

Paul Revere and his famous ride were immortalized by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow in a poem published in 1861, more than eighty years after the even. Longfellow wrote the poem at the time of the Civil War. He hoped that his story of an ordinary citizen who comes to the aid of his country would stir patriotic feelings and support for the Union. He was right. In face, if it hadn't been for Longfellow, Paul Revere may have remained a local legend. The poem fired the imaginations of Americans and a national hero was born.

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