Ben's Revolution: Benjamin Russell and the Battle of Bunker Hill

ISBN: 0399166742

Author: Philbrick, Nathaniel

Condition: New

History comes alive in this gripping account of a young boy caught up in the start of the Revolutionary War. Based on an episode in National Book Award-winning author Nathaniel Philbricks New York Times bestseller Bunker Hill: A City, A Siege, A Revolution, this engrossing story allows readers to experience history from a childs perspective, and Wendell Minors stunning paintings will transport readers back to the early days of the Revolutionary War.Benjamin Russell is in school on the morning of April 19th, 1775, when his teacher announces, The wars begun, and you may run! Ben knew this day was coming; after all, tensions had been mounting between the colonists and the British troops ever since the Boston Tea Party. And now they have finally reached the breaking point. Ben and his friends excitedly rush out of their classroom to bear witness, and follow the throngs of redcoats marching out of Boston toward Concord. Much to Bens surprise, Boston is sealed off later that day-leaving the boys stuck outside the city, in the middle of a war, with no way to reach their families. But Ben isnt worried-hes eager to help the Patriots! He soon becomes a clerk to the jovial Israel Putnam, a general in the provincial army. For months he watches the militia grow into an organized army, and when the Battle of Bunker Hill erupts, Ben is awed by the bravery of the Patriots, although saddened by the toll war takes. He later goes on to become an apprentice at a Revolutionary newspaper, and its a happy day when they get to report on the signing of the Declaration of Independence.Praise forBunker Hill: A City, A Siege, A RevolutionPhilbrick guides us beautifully through Revolutionary Boston, with the Battle of Bunker Hill as his storys grand climax.-The New York Times Book ReviewMasterly narrative . . . Philbrick tells the complex story superbly . . . gripping book.-The Wall Street JournalA masterpiece of narrative and perspective. . . . This is not only . . . the greatest American story. It is also the American story.-The Boston GlobeYou will delight in the story and the multitude of details Philbrick offers up.-USA Today