Paul revere biography book
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Paul Revere and the World He Lived In
I have many 5-star books on my shelf, and this one easily joins them. Paul Revere was a remarkable man of great integrity and many talents. I didn't know, for example, that he learned how to be a foundryman from a visiting Frenchman and cast many long-tolling Boston church bells, or that he figured out how to "roll" the copper sheeting used on the USS Constitution and on the Massachusetts State House dome. He was primarily a silversmith, and yes, he did dabble in dentistry, even in forensic dentistry, but he did not make George Washington's dentures.
This is a book to savor. I have never read a work of history that so thoroughly immersed me in the time period. Esther Forbes brings the past to vibrant life-- I loved her descriptions of, for example, the smells of Boston in the 1770s, and the surprising cultural changes that occurred after the Revolutionary War (for the first time in hist
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Midnight Ride, Industrial Dawn
Paul Revere's ride to warn the colonial militia of the British march on Lexington and Concord is a legendary contribution to the American Revolution. Midnight Ride, Industrial Dawn reveals another side of this American hero's life, that of a transformational entrepreneur instrumental in the industrial revolution.
Robert Martello combines a biographical examination of Revere with a probing study of the new nation’s business and technological climate. A silversmith prior to the Revolution and heralded for his patriotism during the war, Revere aspired to higher social status within the fledgling United States. To that end, he shifted away from artisan silversmithing toward larger, more involved manufacturing ventures such as ironworking, bronze casting, and copper sheet rolling. Drawing extensively on the Revere Family papper, Martello explores Revere’s vibrant career successes and failures, social networks, business practices, and the groundbreakin
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As famous as Paul Revere is as a Revolutionary icon, there are surprisingly few books about him.
Revere first became famous after Henry Wadsworth Longfellow published his poem about him, titled Paul Revere’s Ride, in 1860 but that was all we knew about Revere until historians finally began to take him seriously as a historical figure later on in the 20th century.
As a result, a handful of books were published on Paul Revere and we began to learn more about him than just his famous midnight ride.
The following is a list of the best books about Paul Revere:
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Paul Revere’s Ride by David Hackett Fischer
Published in 1963, this book is about what happened during Paul Revere’s famous midnight ride.
Up until the publication of this book, Paul Revere’s famous ride had always been considered sort of a children’s story. No historians wanted