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	Paul Revere's Ride David Hackett Fischer Oxford University Press, 1995 - 464 pages average customer review:based on 76 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

The events of the ride itself, and the expedition of the Regulars to Concord, show us again that history is not deterministic, but the result of decisions made by individuals, acting on the information at hand and informed by their principles, character, and honor. Many of the details of the battle were unknown to me, and the anecdotes conecrning individual soldiers/militiamen brought what could have been a dry account of a running battle to life.

The extensive appendicies offer data on the British order of battle, the musters of the militia, original sources, and much else.

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"What's Acting?"

I found Paul Revere's Ride to be an informative work on the legendary ride. Not only is it a biography of Paul Revere but it is a detailed study of the whole operation that was "The Ride". All those involved get their due credit in this book. Excellent resource for any student of the American Revolution. RECOMMENDED.


Well Worth the Time and Well Written History

Anyone interested in American history must read this book. The title of this book is modest for it is about much more than Paul Revere?s famous ride: it is a well-documented but lively history of the numerous events leading up to and including the Battle of Lexington and Concord. Fischer uses both Paul Revere and General Thomas Gage as examples to highlight the differences between the attitudes of the Colonists and the British. I had not fully appreciated the degree of the animosity between them until I read this book. I also gained a sense that the tensions between the British troops?the ?Regulars??and the Colonists were quite high before April 19th, and that something was bound to erupt. The British confiscating gunpowder from the Powder House on Quarry Hill (September 1, 1774), the Portsmouth Alarm (December 13-19), and the Salem Alarm (February 26-27) were all preludes to the Battle of that fateful day of April 19th. Fischer also makes an excellent case that the Revolutionary movement was very well organized. Revere succeeded in alarming the country not by randomly waking the countryside but by methodically rousing the militia leaders of the various villages and towns. For much of the book, Paul Revere serves as a principal character, which is an appropriate for this story: he had the knack, somehow, of always ending up smack in the middle of the important events of the day. Shortly before the ?first shot? at Lexington, for example, some of the Regulars in the front of the column may have very well seen Revere and John Lowell carrying across the Lexington Common through the ranks of Captain John Parker?s militia a wooden trunk owned by John Hancock with important papers that could have been used to indict various leaders of the Revolutionary cause.

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A Great Look at an American Patriot

This book will really take you back and allow you to see the events that lead up to the American Revolution through the eyes of Paul Revere. Fischer tells the story of the struggle between General Gage and Paul Revere. This book gives an accurate and detailed account of the events that Revere and the other colonists took part in. A must read for any American history guru.


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