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The novel follows an ordinary boy living in colonial Lexington on a single, pivotal day. As tensions rise and the militia mobilizes, he experiences a dramatic shift from innocence to the harsh realities of war, culminating in his father’s tragic death at the hands of the British troops.
First publish date: 1961
Genre: Children's Fiction/Children's Adventure
Authors: Howard Fast
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