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Ben's Revolution Benjamin Russell and the battle of Bunker Hill

Twelve-year-old Benjamin Russell of Boston experiences the Revolutionary War from the Boston Tea Party of 1773 through the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Includes historical note.

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Main Author:	Philbrick, Nathaniel (Author)
Other Authors:	Minor, Wendell (Illustrator)
Format:	Books Print Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Nancy Paulsen Books, 2017.
Subjects:	Russell, Benjamin, > 1761-1845 > Childhood and youth > Juvenile nonfiction. Bunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775 > Juvenile nonfiction. Boston (Mass.) > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Juvenile nonfiction. United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Juvenile nonfiction. Creative nonfiction > Juvenile.
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Summary:	Twelve-year-old Benjamin Russell of Boston experiences the Revolutionary War from the Boston Tea Party of 1773 through the Declaration of Independence in 1776. Includes historical note.
Item Description:	Based on the author's narrative, Bunker Hill: A City, A Siege, A Revolution.
Physical Description:	1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations, color map ; 24 cm
ISBN:	9780399166747 0399166742
Author Notes:	Nathaniel Philbrick was born in Boston Massachusetts on June 11, 1956. He received a bachelor's degree in English from Brown University and a master's degree in American literature from Duke University. In 1978, he was Brown University's first Intercollegiate All-American sailor and he won the Sunfish North Americans in Barrington, Rhode Island. After graduate school, he worked for four years at Sailing World magazine. Afterward, he worked as a freelancer for a number of years and wrote/edited several sailing books including Yachting: A Parody. After moving to Nantucket in 1986, he became interested in the history of the island and wrote Away Off Shore: Nantucket Island and Its People. In 2000 he published In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex. A motion picture of the book was released in December 2015. His other books include Sea of Glory: America's Voyage of Discovery, The U.S. Exploring Expedition; Mayflower: A Story of Courage, Community, and War; The Last Stand: Custer, Sitting Bull, and the Battle of the Little Bighorn; Bunker Hill: A City, A Siege, A Revolution; Valiant Ambition: George Washington, Benedict Arnold, and the Fate of the American Revolution, and In the Hurricane's Eye: The Genius of George Washington and the Victory at Yorktown. (Bowker Author Biography)