Stanley Harris
ASIN: B0042JUA7S
Publisher: Critical Choices
Pages: 156
Charles Miller goes back in time to the Battle of Lexington in 1775 after being visited by Ben Sampson, who lives in 1775 and appears in 2006 in the Miller home in Lexington. Charles and Ben spend eleven hours of tension, anxietyand turmoil before and during the Battle. Charles meets Ben's father and other Minutemen, as well as Paul Revere, John Hancock, Sam Adams and Captain John Parker, all of whom Charles sees as real people rather than the larger-than-life characters of history books.As they share in the adventures of Charles and Ben, young readers will learn about one of the great events of American history. They also will discover who fired the shot that began the Battle of Lexington – one of the mysteries of American history – and the American Revolution.