Landmarks of the American Revolution

by Gary B. Nash

In 1775, on the green of Lexington, Massachusetts, 2,200 British minutemen fired upon the local militia -- seventy colonial farmers and village artisans in total. The British suffered staggering losses: half of their troops died. And so began the American Revolution. In Landmarks of the American Revolution, fourteen key sites and numerous secondary locales show with rich detail and fascinating anecdotes where the War of Independence took place. In...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195128494
• ISBN13: 9780195128499
• Release Date: June 2003
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.9" x 10.2"
• Age Range: 9 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 4 to 7