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The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere.(Children's Review)(Brief Article)

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From: The Horn Book Magazine
Date: 20020301
Author:Carter, Betty

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere; illus, by Christopher Bing 40 pp. Handprint 12/01 ISBN 1-929766-13-0 17.95 (Intermediate)

Bing illustrates Longfellow's poem "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere" as a military operation, performed in stealth and carried out as one vital piece of a complex tactical maneuver. A foldout facsimile of a letter from General Thomas Gage, placed on the opening faux-marbled end pages, sets the stage: British regulars are to confiscate military supplies from the Continental forces at Concord. Rebels must foil this plan. The ...

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