The British Are Coming (Young Readers Edition)
How did the United States become the country it is today? What led to its creation?

Adapted from Pulitzer Prize–winner Rick Atkinson’s deeply researched and stunningly vivid The British Are Coming, the young readers edition explores these questions and so much more as it delves into the American Revolution. A collection of key battles from the beginning of the war, including Lexington and Concord and the Battle of Bunker Hill, sets the scene, telling a story of liberation fraught with contradiction and intrigue.

History buffs and newcomers alike will be drawn into this fascinating, photo-illustrated account.

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The British Are Coming (Young Readers Edition)
How did the United States become the country it is today? What led to its creation?

Adapted from Pulitzer Prize–winner Rick Atkinson’s deeply researched and stunningly vivid The British Are Coming, the young readers edition explores these questions and so much more as it delves into the American Revolution. A collection of key battles from the beginning of the war, including Lexington and Concord and the Battle of Bunker Hill, sets the scene, telling a story of liberation fraught with contradiction and intrigue.

History buffs and newcomers alike will be drawn into this fascinating, photo-illustrated account.

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The British Are Coming (Young Readers Edition)

The British Are Coming (Young Readers Edition)

by Rick Atkinson
The British Are Coming (Young Readers Edition)

The British Are Coming (Young Readers Edition)

by Rick Atkinson

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Overview

How did the United States become the country it is today? What led to its creation?

Adapted from Pulitzer Prize–winner Rick Atkinson’s deeply researched and stunningly vivid The British Are Coming, the young readers edition explores these questions and so much more as it delves into the American Revolution. A collection of key battles from the beginning of the war, including Lexington and Concord and the Battle of Bunker Hill, sets the scene, telling a story of liberation fraught with contradiction and intrigue.

History buffs and newcomers alike will be drawn into this fascinating, photo-illustrated account.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781250800589
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co. (BYR)
Publication date: 11/29/2022
Pages: 224
Product dimensions: 6.40(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.10(d)
Lexile: 1210L (what's this?)
Age Range: 8 - 12 Years

About the Author

About The Author
Rick Atkinson is the bestselling author of the Liberation Trilogy—An Army at Dawn (winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History), The Day of Battle, and The Guns at Last Light—as well as The Long Gray Line and other books. His many additional awards include a Pulitzer Prize in journalism, a George Polk Award, and the Pritzker Military Library Literature Award. A former staff writer and senior editor at The Washington Post, he lives in Washington, D.C.

Table of Contents

Map Legend iv

Partial Timeline of the American Revolution vi

Key Players ix

Author's Note xiii

The British are Coming 1

Epilogue: England and America, 1777 186

Forming an American Army 190

British Troops and Mercenaries 191

Declaration of Independence 192

Glossary of 18th Century Military Terms 199

Glossary Sources 201

Source Notes 201

Making the American Revolution Come to Life 201

Places to Visit 202

Index 203

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