Why Longfellow Lied: The Truth about Paul Revere’s Midnight Ride
Je ff Lantos
This account of the American Revolution examines the events before and during the fighting at Lexington and Concord through Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s “Paul Revere’s Ride.” Each chapter opens with an excerpt from the poem, then compares its version of events with the historical record. The book considers both the details Longfellow altered or left out and the ways history is remembered and reshaped. Its final chapter places the poem’s 1860 publication against the approaching Civil War and its appeal to patriotism.
This book appears on 2 reading lists across 1 edition from 2 organizations.
