Colorado Parks & Wildlife Research Library

April 19, 1775 dawned clear and cold on Lexington Common, where fifteen-year old Adam Cooper is catapulted from childhood into maturity as he battles the British troops.

Sam, his father, and many others in Lexington are reluctant to take on the British soldiers, but when some of the Minutemen are killed and wounded, the rest unite in opposition.

The Battles of Lexington and Concord are often referred to as the beginning of the American Revolution in April 1777. However, the towns were also the location of key events both before and after the war. This book provides a detailed look at these famous battles, including the mysterious first shot of the war, also called "the shot heard round the world." Primary sources, interesting sidebars offering more information, and a timeline of the entire...

Tells the story behind Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's famous poem about the midnight ride of Paul Revere. Each spread provides information about the context, wording, and lasting effects of the document paired with interesting sidebars, questions to consider, and historical images.

George C. Daughan's magnificently detailed account of the Battle of Lexington and Concord challenges the prevailing narrative of the American War of Independence. It was, Daughan argues, based as much in economic concerns as political ones. When Massachusetts militiamen turned out in overwhelming numbers to fight the British, they believed they were fighting for their farms and livelihoods, as well as for liberty. Benjamin Franklin was not surprised...

This book describes the tensions between the Patriots and the British troops and the fighting that started at the towns of Lexington and Concord.

A play-by-play description of the Battle of Lexington and Concord, using atlas-style maps and charts.

When substitute middle-school history teacher Rush Revere takes his students back in time to eighteenth-century Massachusetts, they witness the Battle of Lexington and learn about the Declaration of Independence.

Illustrations and simple text chronicle Paul Revere's 1775 ride to warn American soldiers that British troops were on the way.

"A book on the American Revolution that looks at the critical "long year" of 1774, and the revolutionary change that took place from December 1773 to mid-April 1775, from the Boston Tea Party and the first Continental Congress to the Battle of Lexington and Concord."--