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Jean Fritz
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Why don't you get a horse, Sam Adams? |
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English |
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Paperback |
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48 |
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1948-01-01 |
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0590412027 |
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Scholastic Inc. |
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0.15 pounds |
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5.0 x 8.0 x 0.2 inches |
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"Apiece of history far more entertaining and readable than most fiction . . . the author has humanized a figure of the Revolution: Adams emerges a marvelously funny and believable man. The illustrations play upon his foibles . . . A tour de force, for both author and illustrator."--The Horn Book.
Amazon.com Review
Let the others wear the ruffled shirts and ride grandly on horseback; Sam Adams, Massachusetts rebel leader, was a plain and plain-spoken fellow, both in history and in Why Don't You Get a Horse, Sam Adams? Adams, it turns out, was horseless for a good reason. On the way to figuring out just what that reason was, the reader gets a nice, personal look at a leader and his times.
In this book, as in the rest of her series of histories, Jean Fritz sneaks plenty of information into her story about Adams, the American Revolution, and the answer to the title question. (For ages 7 and up)
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