| The True Story of Paul Revere: His Midnight Ride, His Arrest and Court-Martial, His Useful Public Services Contributor(s): Gettemy, Charles Ferris (Author) |
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ISBN: 1505340888 ISBN-13: 9781505340884 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $13.29 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 1906 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography - History | United States - Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 5" W x 8" (0.79 lbs) 362 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Paul Revere ( December 21, 1734 - May 10, 1818) was an American silversmith, engraver, early industrialist, and a patriot in the American Revolution. He is most famous for alerting the Colonial militia to the approach of British forces before the battles of Lexington and Concord, as dramatized in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem, "Paul Revere's Ride".Revere was a prosperous and prominent Boston silversmith, who helped organize an intelligence and alarm system to keep watch on the British military. Revere later served as a Massachusetts militia officer, though his service culminated after the Penobscot Expedition, one of the most disastrous campaigns of the American Revolutionary War, for which he was absolved of blame. Following the war, Revere returned to his silversmith trade and used the profits from his expanding business to finance his work in iron casting, bronze bell and cannon casting, and the forging of copper bolts and spikes. Finally in 1800 he became the first American to successfully roll copper into sheets for use as sheathing on naval vessels. |
