King George: What Was His Problem?: Everything Your Schoolbooks Never Told You About the American Revolution

Sheinkin, Steve/ Robinson, Tim (Illustrator)

ISBN 10: 1596433191 / ISBN 13: 9781596433199

Published by Roaring Brook, 2008

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208 pages. 8.75x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Seller Inventory # 1596433191

Bibliographic Details

• Title: King George: What Was His Problem?: Everything Your Schoolbooks Never Told You About the American Revolution
• Publisher: Roaring Brook
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1596433191
• ISBN 13: 9781596433199
• Binding: Hardcover
• Illustrator: Robinson, Tim
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.37 kilograms

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Synopsis

KING GEORGE NEVER DID UNDERSTAND AMERICANS

"Entire books have been written about the causes of the American Revolution. This isn't one of them." What it is, instead, is utterly interesting, antedotes (John Hancock fixates on salmon), from the inside out (at the Battle of Eutaw Springs, hundreds of soldiers plunged into battle "naked as they were born") close-up narrative filled with little-known details, lots of quotes that capture the spirit and voices of the principals ("If need be, I will raise one thousand men, subsist them at my own expense, and march myself at their head for the relief of Boston" -- George Washington), and action, It's the story of the birth of our nation, complete with soldiers, spies, salmon sandwiches, and real facts you can't help but want to tell to everyone you know.
King George: What Was His Problem? is a 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

About the Author

Steve Sheinkin is the award-winning author of several fascinating books on American history, including The Notorious Benedict Arnold, which won the YALSA Award for Excellence in Nonfiction for Young Adults, the Boston Globe/Horn Book Award for nonfiction, and received three starred reviews; and Bomb, a National Book Award finalist and recipient of five starred reviews. He lives in Saratoga Springs, NY.

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