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Record Nr.

UNINA9910149545303321

Autore

Saxena Shalini <1982->

Titolo

Paul Revere didn't say "The British are coming!" : exposing myths about the American Revolution / / by Shalini Saxena

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Gareth Stevens Publishing, , 2017

�2017

ISBN

1-4824-5730-X

Edizione

[First edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (32 pages) : color illustrations, portraits

Collana

Exposed! Myths about early American history

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

973.3

Soggetti

United States History Revolution, 1775-1783

United States History Errors, inventions, etc

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Separating myth and fact -- A divided population -- The midnight ride -- "The shot heard 'round the world" -- The Battle of Bunker Hill -- The real Independence Day -- The famed water carrier -- Lost chances -- General Washington -- Remembering the Revolution.

Sommario/riassunto

Who yelled "The British are coming!" on the night of April 18, 1775? It wasn't Paul Revere! This book dispels this and other commonly held myths about the American Revolution.