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Why Don't You Get a Horse, Sam Adams?

by Jean Fritz, Trina Schart Hyman · 1974

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In early America, when all the men wore ruffled shirts and rode grandly on horseback, one man refused to follow suit. He was the rebel leader Sam Adams, a plainspoken gent who scorned ruffles, refused to ride a horse, and had little regard for the King. This lively biography is a nice, personal look at a leader and his times.

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historical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of this
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American historyAmerican historyMore like thisLess of thishistoryhistoryMore like thisLess of thisrevolutionrevolutionMore like thisLess of this
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American RevolutionAmerican RevolutionMore like thisLess of thisUSAUSAMore like thisLess of thisBostonBostonMore like thisLess of this
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childrenspicture booksyoung adult
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short · 48 pages

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