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

Even though the colonial army suffered more losses at the Battle of Lexington and Concord, the unwounded men quickly regrouped. More and more militias began sending troops to support the colonial army. The book then goes on to describe other small fights between the Brits and the colonists, the disorganized state of the minutemen,( filthy living conditions, disease, disorder, etc..), anti-British riots in New York, and the arrival of British General Burgoyne.

YOUR EVALUATION OF THE BOOK AND ITS WORTH AS A HISTORICAL REFERENCE.

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 believe Louis Birnbaum's frame of reference in writing this book was to tell a detailed but interesting story of the Revolutionary War. He turned a potentially boring book into a very fun book by adding paintings of artist's interpretations of Lexington and Concord, The Battle of Bunker Hill, etc. He also included diary and journal entries and letters from soldiers, generals, wives, witnesses, etc. It is also evident that Birnbaum wanted to give the reader an idea of what was going on for both armies. He stayed on the sidelines, basically, not showing more or less pity, etc, for either the British of the colonists. I like that he did that, because I was so used to hearing just the colonist's side of the story. These are the things I think Birnbaum intended to do, and I think he did a very good job of them.

Soon after Gen. Burgoyne arrived, the Battle of Bunker Hill took place. During the first three minutes of the Battle of Bunk

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