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Author Silvey, Anita.

Title Henry Knox : bookseller, soldier, patriot / by Anita Silvey ; paintings by Wendell Minor.

Imprint Boston, Mass. : Clarion Books, 2010.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Pittsburg 1st Fl Juvenile Biography  J BIO Knox    ---  Available
Description 40 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), map ; 27 cm.
Note Map on lining papers.
Summary Presents a biography of the man in charge of the artillery during the Revolutionary War, who became a trusted advisor to George Washington and the secretary of war in the newly appointed government.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 40).
Contents A very young bookseller -- Learning to be a soldier -- The Boston massacre -- London book store -- Lucy Flucker -- The battles of Lexington and Concord -- The occupation of Boston -- Guns for General Washington -- Fort Ticonderoga -- Across Lake Champlain -- A noble train of artillery -- Traveling over the ice -- All the kingdoms of the earth -- The old sow -- Dorchester heights -- Entering Boston.
Source NBK 12/10 PPLY
Subject Knox, Henry, 1750-1806 -- Juvenile literature.
Generals -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Artillery operations -- Juvenile literature.
Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Siege, 1775-1776 -- Juvenile literature.
Knox, Henry, 1750-1806.
Generals.
United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Artillery operations.
Boston (Mass.) -- History -- Siege, 1775-1776.
Added Author Minor, Wendell, illustrator.
ISBN 9780618274857 (lib. bdg.)
0618274855 (lib. bdg.)

 
    
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