LEADER 04485nam 2200601 450 001 9910792112103321 005 20211005190240.0 010 $a0-19-976987-7 024 7 $a2027/heb31559 035 $a(CKB)2560000000326066 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001147962 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12456503 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001147962 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11140820 035 $a(PQKB)11157175 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5746835 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC555318 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL555318 035 $a(OCoLC)958519983 035 $a(dli)HEB31559 035 $a(MiU)MIU01000000000000012918702 035 $a(EXLCZ)992560000000326066 100 $a20190624h19951994 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPaul Revere's ride /$fDavid Hackett Fischer 205 $aOxford University Press paperback. 210 1$aNew York ;$aOxford :$cOxford University Press,$d1995. 210 4$dİ1994 215 $a1 online resource (xviii, 445 pages) $cillustrations, maps 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-19-508847-6 311 $a0-19-509831-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 373-421) and index. 330 $aPaul Revere's midnight ride looms as an almost mythical event in American history--yet it has been largely ignored by scholars and left to patriotic writers and debunkers. Now one of the foremost American historians offers the first serious look at the events of the night of April 18, 1775--what led up to it, what really happened, and what followed--uncovering a truth far more remarkable than the myths of tradition. In Paul Revere's Ride, David Hackett Fischer fashions an exciting narrative that offers deep insight into the outbreak of revolution and the emergence of the American republic. Beginning in the years before the eruption of war, Fischer illuminates the figure of Paul Revere, a man far more complex than the simple artisan and messenger of tradition. Revere ranged widely through the complex world of Boston's revolutionary movement--from organizing local mechanics to mingling with the likes of John Hancock and Samuel Adams. When the fateful night arrived, more than sixty men and women joined him on his task of alarm--an operation Revere himself helped to organize and set in motion. Fischer recreates Revere's capture that night, showing how it had an important impact on the events that followed. He had an uncanny gift for being at the center of events, and the author follows him to Lexington Green--setting the stage for a fresh interpretation of the battle that began the war. Drawing on intensive new research, Fischer reveals a clash very different from both patriotic and iconoclastic myths. The local militia were elaborately organized and intelligently led, in a manner that had deep roots in New England. On the morning of April 19, they fought in fixed positions and close formation, twice breaking the British regulars. In the afternoon, the American officers switched tactics, forging a ring of fire around the retreating enemy which they 330 8 $amaintained for several hours--an extraordinary feat of combat leadership. In the days that followed, Paul Revere led a new battle-- for public opinion--which proved even more decisive than the fighting itself. When the alarm-riders of April 18 took to the streets, they did not cry, "the British are coming," for most of them still believed they were British. Within a day, many began to think differently. For George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Thomas Paine, the news of Lexington was their revolutionary Rubicon. Paul Revere's Ride returns Paul Revere to center stage in these critical events, capturing both the drama and the underlying developments in a triumphant return to narrative history at its finest. 606 $aLexington, Battle of, Lexington, Mass., 1775 606 $aConcord, Battle of, Concord, Mass., 1775 607 $aMassachusetts$xHistory$yRevolution, 1775-1783 615 0$aLexington, Battle of, Lexington, Mass., 1775. 615 0$aConcord, Battle of, Concord, Mass., 1775. 676 $a973.33110924 700 $aFischer$b David Hackett$f1935-$0889326 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910792112103321 996 $aPaul Revere's ride$92408294 997 $aUNINA