Donald Ewin Cooke (1916–1985)
Author of Atlas of the Presidents
About the Author
Image credit: Headstone for Donald E. Cooke (Center section, second from the bottom)
Works by Donald Ewin Cooke
Fathers of America's Freedom - The Story of Signers of the Declaration of Independence (1969) 49 copies
Little Wolf Slayer: A Story of Philadelphia's First Quakers (Winston adventure books) (1952) 18 copies
Valley of rebellion;: A story of America's first armed revolt against British authority (1955) 9 copies
Associated Works
Andersen's Fairy Tales Great Books for Children Series (Great Books for Children) (1961) — Illustrator — 3 copies
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Birthdate
- 1916-08-05
- Date of death
- 1985-08-17
- Burial location
- Laurel Hill Cemetery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
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Reviews
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Statistics
- Works
- 24
- Also by
- 4
- Members
- 380
- Popularity
- #63,551
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 6
- ISBNs
- 12
- Languages
- 1
"The never solved mystery of the raid on Bermuda obtain gun powder for Washington's liberation of Boston in the Revolutionary War is the kernel of fact for this adventure. A rather contrived narrative takes young Tom Rawlins to his older brother's military encampment outside Boston, gets him involved with the high command, including Washington himself. Aware of certain Loyalist sympathies in Bermuda and of Tom's ability as a boy, to take messages without arousing suspicion, the General sends him to Captain Barnaby, alias ""Mr. Harris"". Tom sails with him on his ship for the islands and after the usual amount of stumbling blocks, they drug the governor while a big party is going on and make off with the gun powder."… (more)