Paul Revere and the World He Lived In (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Esther Forbes
- First Published: 1942
- Time of Work: 1715–1818
- Setting: Boston, Massachusetts
- Principal Characters: Paul Revere, Sam Adams, John Hancock, James Otis, Joseph Warren, Rachel Revere, Joseph Warren Revere, General Thomas Gage
- Genres: Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Freedom, Revolutionaries, Colonies or colonization, American Revolution, War, Working class, Biography, Arts or crafts, Silverware
- Locales: Boston, MA
Form and Content
In the Pulitzer Prize-winning Paul Revere and the World He Lived In, Esther Forbes re-creates the world of Boston, Massachusetts, both as it rushed toward the revolutionary war and as it flexed its industrial and mercantile muscles after the war. By focusing on Revere, Forbes is able to evoke the feelings, day-to-day activities, and aspirations of all of Boston, as Revere’s life touched several strata of Bostonian society. The biography thus follows the conventions of beginning with Revere’s ancestry, the arrival of his grandfather in Boston, and his...
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