True Stories of the Revolutionary War

by Elizabeth Raum, Patrick Kinsella (Illustrator)

Overview

Step back in time and experience the Revolutionary War through the stories of the people who lived through it. Witness the first reading of the Declaration of Independence. Experience the horror of a sneak attack. Watch a mother risk her life by spying for the colonists. True Stories of the Revolutionary War doesn’t just tell you the tales of war. It drops you into the thick of combat.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781429686747
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	07/01/2012
Series:	Stories of War
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.31(d)
Lexile:	GN710L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 14 Years

About the Author

Elizabeth Raum has written over two-dozen nonfiction books for young readers, including a biography of Louis Armstrong for Capstone Press. Over the years, she has worked as a middle school and high school English teacher, an elementary school librarian, and a college library director. Elizabeth Raum has written many nonfiction books for children. Two of her Capstone You Choose books, Orphan Trains: An Interactive History Adventure (2011) and Can You Survive Storm Chasing? (2012), are Junior Library Guild selections. Elizabeth lives in Michigan with her husband, Richard.

Table of Contents

The American Revolution : a war for independence — Isaac Bangs : The Declaration of Independence — Frederika von Riedesel : The Battle of Freeman's Farm — Lydia Darragh : spying in Philadelphia — Albigence Waldo : The Battle of White Marsh — Lieutenant Anthony Allaire : The Battle of Monck's Corner — Sarah Osborn Benjamin : The Battle of Yorktown.