Fischer, David Hackett. Paul Revere’s Ride. New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 1994. Who Was This Man? “ Listen my children and you shall hear, of the Midnight ride of Paul Revere, on the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five; hardly a man is now alive who remembers that famous day and year.” This poem will forever reign in our "American Legacy." As children, we learned that the ride of Paul Revere was a heroic accomplishment by …showed first 75 words of 1051 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1051 total…chilling events of this time, but he also put the words to play by bringing the drama and suspense that historians fail to mention into his writing. He left us to realize that he wanted to write a book that the rising generations would remember. He wanted his mark left just as Revere left his. As mentioned earlier, the bell itself was made by Revere. Today, it still carries his message across our American countryside.