America's Paul Revere - Softcover

Forbes, Esther

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0395249074 ISBN 13: 9780395249079

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (Trade), 1990

Synopsis

A vivid history of one of America's best-loved patriots. "Told many times, but never more delightfully, the story with its sumptuous illustrations appears in an unusually attractive format . . . Esther Forbes and Lynd Ward have united to make a distinguished book." -- Horn Book

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Review:

"Told many times, but never more delightfully, the story with its sumptuous illustrations appears in an unusually attractive format . . . Esther Forbes and Lynd Ward have united to make a distinguished book." Horn Book

"Told many times, but never more delightfully, the story with its sumptuous illustrations appears in an unusually attractive format . . . Esther Forbes and Lynd Ward have united to make a distinguished book." Horn Book Guide

About the Author:

LYND WARD (1905-1985) illustrated more than two hundred books for children and adults throughout his prolific career. Winner of the Caldecott Medal for his watercolors in The Biggest Bear, Mr. Ward was also famous for his wood engravings, which are featured in museum collections throughout the United States and abroad.

Esther Forbes (1891-1967) garnered a Newbery Medal and an enduring place in children's literature with the publication of Johnny Tremain. Her adult novel, Paul Revere and the World He Lived In, won the Pulitzer Prize for history in 1942.

About this edition

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (Trade)
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0395249074
• ISBN 13: 9780395249079
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 48
• Illustrator: Ward Lynd