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42) The tea chest
Author
Language
English
Description
Hayley Ashworth's goal is to join the Navy SEALs. First she must return to Boston to confront memories of her abusive childhood. When she comes upon an old tea chest, she opens it and finds the remarkable story of Emma Malcolm, a 1773 Patriot sympathizer. Will Emma inspire Haley to fight for love, freedom, and faith?
Author
Series
Publisher
Severn House
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Following a long and perilous journey, Apothecary John Rawlings has arrived in Boston, Massachusetts, to pursue a new business venture. He finds the place riven with tension and unrest. There are many who feel it's time the colonies sought freedom from British rule, and the seething resentment erupts into outright rebellion during the notorious Boston Tea Party. But has someone taken advantage of the chaos to commit cold-blooded murder? Called in...
Author
Publisher
Abrams Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.6 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
"America's Tea Parties: Not One But Four!" is the first nonfiction picture book to ever share that New York, Philadelphia, and Charleston each had their own tea party that took place around the same time as Boston's. "America's Tea Parties" provides background on the English taxation on the colonies, with emphasis on the people who stood up for their rights against the tyranny of the British as ships from the East India Company pulled into their harbors....
Author
Publisher
Enslow
Pub. Date
c2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
In 1773, seventeen-year-old apothecary Oliver Carter moves to Boston and begins helping the Sons of Liberty in their rebellion against British tyranny in the colonies as well as discovering that his boss, Dr. Benjamin Church, is a traitor to the cause.
Author
Publisher
Pelican Publishing Company
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
"Dr. Joseph Warren conducted what was surely the most unusual medical practice in America's early history. He collected key military intelligence prior to the Revolutionary War from a network of spies acting as patients and was among early American doctors to use dead bodies for anatomical study. However, that is only part of his story. By virtue of directing the original Minute-men, Warren is considered a founder of the Army National Guard. He served...
49) The great separation: the story of the Boston Tea Party and the beginning of the American Revolution
Author
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
[1965]
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"A book on the American Revolution that looks at the critical "long year" of 1774, and the revolutionary change that took place from December 1773 to mid-April 1775, from the Boston Tea Party and the first Continental Congress to the Battle of Lexington and Concord."--
51) Taxes, the Tea Party, and those revolting rebels: a history in comics of the American Revolution
Author
Publisher
NBM
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
"In his irreverent-- but thoroughly researched and accurate-- comics history, Mack brings to life the loud, contentious, and messy process that birthed the United States of America. Along the way, he may knock a Founding Father or two off his pedestal, and readers may discover a few parallels to the chaotic political scene we find ourselves in today" -- from publisher's web site.
Series
Publisher
Wonderscape Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
In this brand new, 2017, high definition program, learn all about the causes of the Revolutionary War, such as the French and Indian War, the taxes and laws imposed on colonists by the British government, the Intolerable Acts and the First Continental Congress. Detailed graphics, diagrams, and exciting video, as well as on-screen, multiple-choice reviews at the end of each segment reinforce important concepts and make learning fun.
Author
Series
Publisher
little bee books
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 6.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
When people talk about the American Revolution, things like the thirteen colonies and the Boston Tea Party come to mind. But what was it really like during that time? This nonfiction book covers everything from how the war started to what life was like for the colonists, and more.
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Formats
Description
This thrilling Newbery Medal-winning novel about the Revolutionary War is a classic of children's historical fiction.
Fourteen-year-old Johnny Tremain, an apprentice silversmith with a bright future ahead of him, injures his hand in a tragic accident, forcing him to look for other work. In his new job as a horse-boy, riding for the patriotic newspaper The Boston Observer and as a messenger for the Sons of Liberty, he encounters John Hancock, Samuel...
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
"Thomas Jefferson asserted that if there was any leader of the Revolution, "Samuel Adams was the man." With high-minded ideals and bare-knuckle tactics, Adams led what could be called the greatest campaign of civil resistance in American history. Stacy Schiff returns Adams to his seat of glory, introducing us to the shrewd and eloquent man who supplied the moral backbone of the American Revolution. He employed every tool available to rally a town,...
Author
Series
Publisher
Arcadia Pub
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Around Orange Lake portrays the history of the lake and the adjoining locales of Gardnertown and Meadow Hill. The only natural lake for miles, Orange Lake was the location of a Colonial coinage mill, a source of power for many early industrial ventures, and home to one of the East Coast's most famous amusement parks. In the late 1800s, cabins began to dot its shores, and by the 1920s, bungalow colonies flourished, with cottages that today have become...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Boston in 1775 is an island city occupied by British troops after a series of incendiary incidents by patriots who range from sober citizens to thuggish vigilantes. After the Boston Tea Party, soldiers and residents have warily maneuvered around each other until April 19, when violence finally erupts at Lexington and Concord. In June, skirmishes give way to outright war in the Battle of Bunker Hill. It would be the bloodiest battle of the Revolution...