Author: Ben Mezrich
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781538754641
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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From the celebrated, New York Times bestselling author comes a commercial thriller of an MIT grad student who unwittingly uncovers the hidden connection between the Gardner Museum heist and the most fascinating secret in American history. THE CARD SHARK: Hailey Gordon is looking to make some fast cash to help pay her tuition when she's caught counting cards at the Encore casino in Boston. She grabs her winnings and makes her escape. With guards closing in, she dives into an unlocked room to hide . . . only to find a dead body. THE EX-CON: Recently released from prison, Nick Patterson hasn't felt hope in a long time, but the job he "inherited" in prison promises to change that. He enters hotel room 633 to find that the person he was supposed to meet has been murdered. Next to the corpse stands a terrified young woman--Hailey Gordon. THE PROFESSOR: American history professor Adrian Jensen learns of the death of his professional nemesis, Charles Walker, the night after he received Walker's latest research. Skeptical at first, Adrian nearly deletes the file. But when one small, new detail catches his eye, he makes it his mission to uncover what could be one of the biggest secrets of the Revolutionary War. All three strangers find themselves on the cusp of an incredible discovery--one that someone is willing to kill to keep buried.
Author: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Lexington, Battle of, Lexington, Mass., 1775
Languages : en
Pages : 96
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Author: Robert Martello
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 0801897572
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 430
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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. This book reveals another side of this American hero's life, that of a transformational entrepreneur instrumental in the industrial revolution. It combines a biographical examination of Revere with a 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. The author explores Revere's vibrant career successes and failures, social networks, business practices, and the groundbreaking metallurgical technologies he developed and employed. Revere's commercial ventures epitomized what Martello terms proto—industrialization, a transitional state between craft work and mass manufacture that characterizes the broader, fast -- changing landscape of the American economy.
Author: Pam Berkman
Publisher: Margaret K. McElderry Books
ISBN: 1534433333
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 192
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Join Filigree, a five-pound Pomeranian, as he stows away on Paul Revere’s midnight ride in this first book of the At the Heels of History series, inspired by important events and told through the eyes, ears, and noses of dogs. Filigree may be a small puff of a Pomeranian but he has a big, brave heart. As the Revere family dog, he’s ready to do his part to help the American colonists stand up to the British soldiers. But the other dogs, like Jove, Sam Adams’s Newfoundland, and even the Revere cat, Anvil, think Filigree is a joke. The Reveres’ daughter Frances is the only one who believes in him. When Frances’s father, Paul Revere, leaves home on a secret mission, Filigree and Frances know they have to help, no matter how dangerous it might be. Will a pint-sized pup just be in the way, or can Filigree prove that even a very small dog can fight for freedom?
Author: Libby Carty McNamee
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781732220201
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 230
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As the former Colonies struggle for freedom, the Revolution depends on teenage Susanna Bolling. Like America in rebellion, she craves independence. While her Patriot brothers fight, she longs to help. When British General Cornwallis invades her plantation, she hears his secret plan. America's fight for liberty hinges on her.
Author: Marsha Amstel
Publisher: Millbrook Press
ISBN: 0761358447
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 48
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On a dark, cold, and rainy night in April 1777, Sybil Ludington sets out on a journey to warn American soldiers that danger is headed their way. The British are coming! They have already attacked a nearby town, and it is up to sixteen-year-old Sybil to make sure that she reaches the American soldiers before the British do. With only a large stick to defend herself, and her horse, Star, for company, Sybil rides off into the perilous night and changes the course of the American Revolution. The true story of Sybil's bravery and perseverance are faithfully related by Marsha Amstel's appealing text and Ellen Beier's finely crafted illustrations.
Author: Stephen Krensky
Publisher: HarperColl
ISBN: 9780688164102
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32
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It's a cold April night in 1775. For months now, you and your fellow colonials have been preparing for battle with the British army. You have just heard that troops have been ordered to steal your muskets and powder and to capture two important political leaders. People must be warned, but the roads are teeming with British patrols. What do you do? Well, if you're Paul Revere, the answer is easy. You ride. Greg Harlin's vivid illustrations capture the thrill and the danger of a country on the verge of revolution in Stephen Krensky's dramatic account of the night Paul Revere galloped into history.
Author: Brett Fletcher Lauer
Publisher: Viking
ISBN: 0670014796
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
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Young readers find their poetic peers as poets in their 20s and 30s present a poetry anthology dedicated to what it means to be a teenager and young adult in today's world. 240pp.
Author: W. Awdry
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
ISBN: 9780679856436
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 20
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Thomas the Tank Engine, on a midnight run to take toys to the children's hospital, has an accident and must rely on some new friends to help him complete his task.
Author: Cat Johnson
Publisher: Zebra Books
ISBN: 1420136216
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 352
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When widowed rancher Janie Smithwick meets 24-year-old ranch hand Tyler Jenkins, she soon discovers that some rules are made to be broken as she embarks on a hot affair with this much younger cowboy. Original.
