Author: Russell Freedman
ISBN: 0823414485
Publisher: Holiday House, 2000
Age: 8 and up
Genre: Non-fiction
Summary: This book tells the story of the events and literature which lead up to the creation and signing of America Declaration of Independence. The first major event that began the Revolutionary War was the Boston Tea Party when Patriots dressed as Mohawk Indians threw over 300 crates of imported tea into the Boston Harbor. This was in reaction to the taxes levied on the Colonists without representation. Included also is information about Patrick Henry’s famous “Give me liberty or death” speech, Thomas Paine’s Common Sense, the Intolerable Acts, the Battles of Lexington and Concord and Bunker Hill, and the Continental Congress where the Declaration of Independence was debated and finally signed.
Read A-Likes: In Defense of Liberty: The Story of America’s Bill of Rights; Washington at Valley Forge; and Shh! We’re Writing the Constitution.
Personal Thoughts: This book is interesting enough to draw in kids, but still could be used for a curriculum supplement. A very good in depth look at the events, literature and people of the early Revolution and the sacrifices that were made by many. I have never come across a Russell Freedman book that isn’t well written, interesting and factual.
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