Paul Revere’s Ride

by David Hackett Fischer

First published 1994

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4.7(896)

Paul Revere’s Ride reconstructs the political intelligence, communication networks and military decisions that led to the fighting at Lexington and Concord. Revere emerges as an important organiser and courier, but Fischer places his journey alongside the work of Joseph Warren, William Dawes, Samuel Prescott, town committees, express riders and militia officers throughout Massachusetts.

The narrative replaces the legend of a lone rider with a collective story of preparation and rapid mobilisation. It also examines General Thomas Gage’s intelligence problems, the march of British regulars and the contingent encounters that turned an attempt to seize military stores into the opening battle of the American Revolutionary War.

Historical Periods

Battles of Lexington and Concord19 April 1775 Paul Revere and the Patriot Intelligence Network1774–1775

Genres

Political History

Historical people

Paul Revere1735–1818 Thomas Gage Samuel Adams1722–1803 Joseph Warren John Hancock1737–1793 William Dawes1745–1799 Samuel Prescott1751–1777

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