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K-3
In this follow-up to Let It Begin Here!, stylized watercolors heighten the drama and occasional humor of Henry Knox's mission to bring heavy cannon from Lake Champlain forts to Washington's forces in 1776 Boston. The text hews closely to the record--except for one fact: Brown states, "Washington ached for cannon...But Washington had none," an unfortunate exaggeration of an otherwise "true story." Bib.
Reviewer: J.L. Bell
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
January, 2013
40 pp.
| Clarion
| November, 2010
|
TradeISBN 978-0-618-27485-7$17.99
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4-6
Illustrated by
Wendell Minor.
This picture book biography provides information about Knox's early life, then recounts how in 1776 he managed the transport of fifty-nine heavy artillery pieces from Lake Champlain to the siege lines outside Boston. The basic story, handsomely pictured in Minor's style of weathered Americana, is historically sound, but the text contains some inaccuracies and details unsupported by contemporaneous documents. Reading list, timeline. Bib.
80 pp.
| OTTN
| November, 2006
|
LibraryISBN 1-59556-013-0$23.95
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YA
Forgotten Heroes of the American Revolution series.
These five men all made significant contributions to the Revolutionary War. The lack of transitions between paragraphs contributes to a choppy text, and maps, illustrations, and sidebars are recycled among the volumes. When read alone, however, each title is competently done. Reading list, timeline, websites. Glos., ind. Review covers these Forgotten Heroes of the American Revolution titles: John Stark, Daniel Morgan, Francis Marion, Nathanael Greene, and Henry Knox.