Full name: Henry Knox: Bookseller, Soldier, Patriot

Author: Anita Silvey Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Children, Biographies, Picture books, History, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9780618274857 0618274855

Henry Knox (1750--1806) liked to eat, and had the round face and heavyset build to prove it. A bookseller whose customers included both British officers and American colonists, he married into a Loyalist family. He always wore a silk handkerchief around his hand to conceal an old injury. An unlikely Revolutionary War hero? Perhaps. But Henry Knox was an ardent patriot. He devoted himself to the service of his country and of General George Washington. And it was Henry Knox who devised a plan to bring heavy artillery from Fort Ticonderoga to relieve the siege of Boston--and managed, despite all obstacles, to make it work. Described here in brief chapters and beautifully detailed paintings, Henry Knox's heroic undertaking is a little known but thrilling chapter in the story of American independence. Similar books: She Persisted by Chelsea Clinton I Dissent by Debbie Levy Rosa by Nikki Giovanni Separate Is Never Equal by Duncan Tonatiuh She Persisted Around the World by Chelsea Clinton The Oldest Student by Rita Lorraine Hubbard The Youngest Marcher by Cynthia Levinson The Librarian of Basra by Jeanette Winter Planting Stories by Anika Aldamuy Denise Elizabeth Leads the Way by Tanya Lee Stone The Case for Loving by Selina Alko Our Children Can Soar by Michelle Cook Mama Miti by Donna Jo Napoli Fifty Cents and a Dream by Jabari Asim Ruth Bader Ginsburg by Jonah Winter The Book Itch by Vaunda Micheaux Nelson Magic Ramen by Andrea Wang Planting the Trees of Kenya by Claire A. Nivola Abe Lincoln by Kay Winters Abe's Honest Words by Doreen Rappaport