Red Dawn.... begins by describing a British soldier's journey with his family by ship to Boston, in the American colony of Massachusetts. It goes on to describe the hardships the British soldiers endured during their stay in Boston. This was because many of the colonists were no longer supporters of Britain being in control of the colonies. They didn't like that the British soldiers were there to keep an eye on them, and they made this very obvious.

The book talks about the mounting tensions between the whigs and the soldiers, and how some members of the British parliament were trying to help the colonies. Birnbaum goes on to describe how General Gage chose to attack the towns of Lexington and Concord. Gage sent out spies to check out different areas around Boston. These spies were to survey the towns or villages and make up maps. Although there was usually trouble concerning the expeditions of the spies,(townspeople frequently spotted them entering the homes of loyalists, etc..) many of the spies' missions were successful

This is where the book stops. It gave a very detailed and interesting account of the "story" and also provided many quotes, maps, paintings, etc that contributed to the information relayed. I very much enjoyed the book Red Dawn at Lexington by Louis Birnbaum.

YOUR EVALUATION OF THE BOOK AND ITS WORTH AS A HISTORICAL REFERENCE.

There is also a chapter concerning the states of the British and colonial armies in Concord preparing for the fight there. This chapter describes the events leading up to Paul Revere's famous ride, and William Dawe's role in the ride. The book also gives new evidence and testimonies as to who fired "the shot heard 'round the world." The excerpts of testimonies given by many witnesses lead to the conclusion that it was the militia-men who fired the first shot, but that is still being debated over to this day.

The next chapters go on to describe how General George Washington, the headstrong, aggresive and determined Virginian, was chosen to become the commander-in-chief of the colonial army. Soon, Washington had come up with a plan to drive the British out of Boston.

I think this book is great. It gave me a new outlook on the Revolutionary War. I'm happy that it was so descriptive and gave so much information. Instead of just reading about what was going on from the perspective of the colonists, I could read about what the different generals and soldiers from the British army were doing. I know that many teenagers have the one-sided view that I had before reading this book, and I think that if others read Red Dawn... they would stop and think. As I've said before, even though its non-fiction(which I usually can't stand) this book seems like fiction. The reader actually gets to know the diff

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