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

Informationen zum Autor Jean Fritz Klappentext In the early days of America when men wore ruffles! rode horseback! and obeyed the King! there lived a man in Boston who cared for none of these things. No one expected Samuel Adams to wear ruffles or pledge allegiance to the King of England! but his friends did think that he might get on a horse. But would he? Never! he said. An ALA Notable Children's Book. Full color. Zusammenfassung 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.

Product details

• Authors: Jean Fritz, Jean/ Hyman Fritz, Fritz Jean, Trina Schart Hyman, Hyman Trina Schart
• Assisted by: Trina Schart Hyman (Illustration)
• Publisher: Puffin USA
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 7 to 9
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.09.1996
• EAN: 9780698114166
• ISBN: 978-0-698-11416-6
• No. of pages: 48
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 229 mm x 4 mm
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books > History, politics; Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / General, History & the past: general interest (Children's / Teenage), Children’s / Teenage general interest: History and the past, Educational: History, C 1700 To C 1800, c 1765 to 1783 (American Revolutionary period), c 1783 to c 1800 (American Federalist era)