Paul Revere's Ride by David Hackett Fischer
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Book Reviews of Paul Revere's Ride
Book Review: A real keeper
Summary: 5 Stars
This illuminating history revisits Paul Revere's iconic ride and brings Revere and his times back to life.
Fischer is a super historian and writer who specializes in early American history. In this book, he breathes new life into Paul Revere, the Boston silversmith who rode into the New England countryside in April, 1775 to warn the people about the British march to confiscate American guns and powder. Fischer uses Revere's ride as a takeoff point to explain how the outbreak of revolution at Lexington and Concord was not random individuals fed up with taxes, but a well-organized resistance to a powerful but clueless British military administration that seemed to make the wrong choices at every turn.
A captivating accounts of the ride and the battles, Paul Revere's Ride shows you history in the making. Great maps and photos. I'll keep this book and read it again.
Reviewer: Liz Clare, co-author of the historical novel "To the Ends of the Earth: The Last Journey of Lewis and Clark"
Book Review: "The Regulars Are Coming!"
Summary: 5 Stars
David Hackett Fischer's "Paul Revere's Ride" is an amazing book. One of my favorite book's is Michael Shaara's "The Killer Angels" which is a work of historical fiction. "Paul Revere's Ride" is pure history but it reads as interesting and riveting as "Killer Angels".I live a few towns over from Concord and have been to the North Bridge on Patriots Day to see the re-enactment but now I will be able to appreciate it even more having read Fischer's fantastic book. I especially liked hearing about the minutemen from the surrounding towns and what role they played in the attack along the Battle Road. If you plan on going to Minuteman Park or along the Battle Road, read this book. A lot of the places and even buildings mentioned/described are still there for you to see.
A final plug, this year is the 225th anniversary of Patriots Day. What better way to celebrate than to read this incredible book.
Thank you David Fischer!
Book Review: Paul Revere's Ride
Summary: 5 Stars
In David Fischer's book, "Paul Revere's Ride", one gets a sense of a strong and interesting narrative. The book covers Paul Revere and General Thomas Gage's life as well as the events leading up to Paul Revere's famous ride. The book also discussed the Battles at Concord and Lexington. The book went into great detail of both men's lives as well as both sides of the battles. The title of the book was somewhat misleading because Paul Revere took many rides for liberty and did not act alone on his famous ride. It was a very interesting book because it gave both sides of the battles at Concord and Lexington; however, I found that the appendix were too numerous to keep going back to read. There were just enough pictures to maintain the reader's interest. I thouroughly enjoyed reading this book and David Hackett Fischer brought Paul Revere to life with his well organized narrative. One could almost picture Paul Revere on his horse riding down the street.Book Review: Wonderful Book
Summary: 5 Stars
This is one of those early American stories that is a must for anyone interested. The author does a superb job of staying to the facts, showing us who Revere was, who else was part of the story and does so in such detail, normally overdone by most, that reading this one book would qualify someone to teach a course on the topic.
The reason why the reader does not get caught up in the laborious detail is because the author is so good at keeping it a story that flows from one chapter to the other.
My only criticism about this book and others like it, is that I wish, one day, the maps that are being referenced were not attached to the book so that referencing the maps were not such a pain. I know most of you are probably not as compulsive about this, but I love following "the trail" in real time as well as my imagination.
If you have any interest in the topic, this is a great one.
Book Review: Both Detailed and Gripping
Summary: 5 Stars
I happened to grow up on the road that Paul Revere road down -- well, one of them. My family spent a few years on Virginia Rd. in Lincoln, Mass. We lived right across the street from Hartwell Farms, where the Minutemen apparently stopped on their ride. Every year on April 19 we would get out of bed (this was the early 1960's) and watch the re-enactment of Paul Revere and The Minutemen. Down the road, at Rte. 2A there's a stone marker in a place that used to be an ice cream stand (might still be) where Revere was captured. When I picked up this book, I thought: what else is there to learn? Turns out...quite a bit. This is detailed, rich history. If you read "1776" and enjoy books along those lines, you'll relish in both the broader context of the build-up to the war and you'll savor the details of Revere, the pursuit and battles to Concord and the bloody, ugly return. This is a wonderful book. Period.