Why Don't You Get a Horse, Sam Adams?
Why Don't You Get a Horse, Sam Adams?

Why Don't You Get a Horse, Sam Adams?

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Fritz, Jean/ Hyman, Trina Schart (ILT)
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Author: Scott Foresman

Age Range: 7 - 9 years
Grade Level: 1 and up
Lexile Measure: 800L 
Paperback: 48 pages
Publisher: Scott Foresman; Reissue edition (January 1, 2000)

ISBN: 0698114167

 

Details: This lively biography, by Newbery Honor-winning author Jean Fritz, is a nice, personal look at a leader and his times.

In early America, when all the men wore ruffled shirts and rode grandly on horseback, one man refused to follow suit. He was the rebel leader Sam Adams, a plainspoken gent who scorned ruffles, refused to ride a horse, and had little regard for the King.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)

EAN: 9780698114166

Package Dimensions: 9.0 x 6.8 x 0.2 inches