Yankee Doodle: A Revolutionary Tail
by Gary Chalk
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Original verses to "Yankee Doodle" depict such events from the American Revolution as the Boston Tea Party, Paul Revere's ride, and the battle of Saratoga. Includes the traditional version of the song.Tags
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- Yankee Doodle: A Revolutionary Tail
- Original publication date
- 1993
- People/Characters
- Paul Revere; George Washington; Betsy Ross; Molly Pitcher; Thomas Paine
- Important places
- Boston Harbor, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Lexington, Massachusetts, USA; Bunker Hill, Boston, Massachusetts, USA; Delaware River, USA; Saratoga, New York, USA; Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, USA (show all 7); Yorktown, Virginia, USA
- Important events
- Boston Tea Party; Paul Revere's Ride; Battle of Lexington; Battle of Bunker Hill; Declaration of Independence; Washington Crosses the Delaware (show all 11); First American Flag; British surrender at Saratoga; winter at Valley Forge; Battle of Monmouth; British surrender at Yorktown
- Quotations
- The American Colonists decided to prevent the British from seizing their arms and gunpowder. Paul Revere made his famous midnight ride to warn the militia that "The British are coming." (pg. 9)
The sublime and the ridiculous are often so nearly related that it is difficult to class them separately.--THOMAS PAINE (back DJ flap)
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- Nonfiction
- DDC/MDS
- 782.42164 — Arts & recreation Music Vocal music Secular forms of vocal music Songs General principles and musical forms Traditions of secular songs {genres} Western popular songs
- LCC
- PZ8.3 .C355 .Y — Language and Literature Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Fiction and juvenile belles lettres Juvenile belles lettres
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