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    Henry and the Cannons: An Extraordinary True Story of the American Revolution
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    Henry and the Cannons: An Extraordinary True Story of the American Revolution
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    Henry and the Cannons: An Extraordinary True Story of the American Revolution

    By Don Brown

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    Before Washington crossed the Delaware, Henry Knox crossed Massachusetts in winter—with 59 cannons in tow.

    In 1775 in the dead of winter, a bookseller named Henry Knox dragged 59 cannons from Fort Ticonderoga to Boston—225 miles of lakes, forest, mountains, and few roads. It was a feat of remarkable ingenuity and determination and one of the most remarkable stories of the revolutionary war. In Henry and the Cannons the perils and adventure of his journey come to life through Don Brown's vivid and evocative artwork.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Publishers
    Release dateJan 22, 2013
    ISBN9781466830134
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    Henry and the Cannons: An Extraordinary True Story of the American Revolution
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    Don Brown

    Don Brown is the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction and Sibert Honor–winning author and illustrator of many nonfiction graphic novels for teens and picture book biographies. He has been widely praised for his resonant storytelling and his delicate watercolor paintings that evoke the excitement, humor, pain, and joy of lives lived with passion. School Library Journal has called him “a current pacesetter who has put the finishing touches on the standards for storyographies.” He lives in New York with his family. booksbybrown.com Instagram: @donsart

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    • 5/5
      Reads like an adventure story!!
    • 4/5
      An excellent story from the American Revolution about courage and perseverance wonderfully illustrated and told for younger readers. Could have benefitted from a historical note in an afterword.
    • 2/5
      I found this to be a difficult read. The text was dry and quite boring. I found myself skimming the pages instead of reading the actual words, because I wanted the book to over with. I felt like I was reading a textbook not a storybook. The only saving grace of the book were the illustrations. I felt they were fitting for the times and pretty much told the story without any need for text. A good example of the illustrator’s art of storytelling was the three panel picture of the horse depicting the horse in clear weather, rain, and snow. The picture alone tells the story of the difficult 40 mile voyage.The main purpose of the book is to tell the story of how Henry Knox brought cannons to Boston and assisted in taking back over the city. It is also a story of perseverance and dedication.