Midnight Ride, Industrial Dawn: Paul Revere and the Growth of American Enterprise

by Robert Martello

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801897580
• ISBN13: 9780801897580
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.9" x 8.8"