DAWN AT LEXINGTON

by Norma Wood James ‧ RELEASE DATE: Aug. 28, 1957

Fifteen year old Bostonian Jeremiah Cutler played many vital parts as a patriot in the Revolutionary War. A bookseller's apprentice, Jeremiah first undermines an attempt on the part of Roger, Lord Percy's pro-British ward, to incite riot at a memorial gathering of patriots honoring the Boston Massacre. When trouble looms, Jeremiah is sent to stay with Professor Parkson in Concord and he gets a Jonged for chance to be of service with his horse, Rebel, in dispatching word of the approach of British troops to Lexington. General Washington assigns Jeremiah from his Cambridge headquarters to help Henry Knox transport cannon from Ticonderogs to Boston. The treacherous journey presaged still further hazards when Jeremiah helped to detect Benedict Arnold's treachery. He finds romance as well as adventure in his journey up the Hudson River when he meets Nancy Star, to whom he brings his final reward -- captaincy. Skillful portrayal of momentous events in Boston, Cambridge and New York.

Pub Date: Aug. 28, 1957

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Longmans, Green

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 1, 1957

Categories: FICTION