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Timed for the 250th anniversary of Americas revolution and founding: Paul Reveres heroic ride and its aftermath
On April 18, 1775, a Boston-based silversmith, engraver, and anti-British political operative named Paul Revere set out on a borrowed horse to fulfill a dangerous but crucial mission: to alert American colonists of advancing British troops, which would seek to crush their nascent revolt.
Revere was not the only rider that night, and indeed, he had completed at least 18 previous rides throughout New England, disseminating intelligence about British movements. But this ride was like no other, and its consequences in the months and years to comeas the American Revolution morphed from isolated skirmishes to a full-fledged warbecame one of our founding stories.
In The Ride, Kostya Kennedy presents a new narrative informed by fresh research into archives, family letters and diaries, contemporary accounts, and more. Kennedy reveals Reveres ride to be more complex than it is usually portrayeda coordinated series of rides by numerous men, near-disaster, capture by British forces, and finally success. While Revere was central to the ride and its plotting, Kennedy reveals the other men (and, perhaps, a woman with information about the movement of British forces) who helped to set in motion the events that would lead to Americas independence.
Thrillingly written in a dramatic, unstoppable narrative, The Ride recreates an essential American story for a new generation of readers.
Author: Kostya Kennedy
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: St. Martins Griffin
Published: 04/14/2026
Pages: 304
Weight: 1lbs
Size: 8.25h x 5.38w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781250341396
Language: English
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