Why Longfellow Lied: The Truth about Paul Revere's Midnight Ride

By: Lantos, Jeff

Listen, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five; Hardly a man is now alive Who remembers that famous day and year. These iconic words begin Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's famous poem about the man who rode through the Massachusetts countryside, warning people that the British were coming. Most people think the poem is an accurate account of the fateful night when the American Revolutionary War began. But Longfellow twisted the facts. He lied. But why? Author and history teacher Jeff Lantos pulls apart the poem, tells the actual story of Paul Revere's ride, and sets the record right.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 162354498X
• ISBN13: 9781623544980
• Release Date: September 2024
• Publisher: Charlesbridge Publishing
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 7.5" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7