The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere - Couverture rigide

Wadsworth Longfellow, Henry

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1929766130 ISBN 13 : 9781929766130

Editeur : Chronicle Books, 2001

Synopsis

The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere An unparalleled combination of artistic vision and historical accuracy combine for the ultimate edition of Longfellow's epic poem. with two fold-out flaps.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

In his magnificent interpretation of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow s poem, Christopher Bing seamlessly weaves history and imagination into a rich portrait of an American hero. A meticulous researcher, Bing includes material that provides texture to history, maps that follow the British campaign to quell the rebellious citizenry, as well as the patriot s ride into the Massachusetts night of April, 1775. Documents firmly affixed into the book, including the British general s orders to his troops and Revere s own deposition relating the events, give the reader not only a visual experience but a tactile one as well. Far more than a brilliantly presented history lesson, this book represents a tour de force of coherent artistic vision. In an extraordinary series of rich and moody engravings, from the mysteriously shimmering rigging of the British sloop, The Somerset, looming in a moonlit Boston harbor to the taut urgency of a man and his horse galloping at a combustible moment in the American experience, this book illuminates our country s past unlike any other.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882), a professor of French and Spanish at Harvard University, was one of the first American academics to have a truly global interest in literature. He became convinced that America was in need of its own mythology, poeti

Christopher Bing, whose first book, "Casey at the Bat," was named a 2001 Caldecott Honor Book, lives with his wife and three children in Lexington, Massachusetts, in a house directly on the Freedom Trail, the route on which Paul Revere rod

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Chronicle Books
• Date d'édition: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1929766130
• ISBN 13: 9781929766130
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 40
• Illustrateur: Bing Christopher