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In the beginning of the story you read about william knox and his brother henry. He loves history books and i bought this for him to read after we visited mt. The huge, ungainly guns had to be moved during the winter over hundreds of miles of mountainous wilderness. Frustrated with life under siege in george washington s. The american revolution unit study homeschool helper online. Guns for general washington, book report by jacob newton. A story of the american revolution great episodes by seymour reit ethan allen and the green mountain boys landmark books no. Paperback 160 pages by seymour reit houghton mifflin harcourt 2001 a novel about a littleknown event in american historythe great cannon trek of 1775. His hopes for school dashed, washington found work surveying and took several journeys to the frontier where he developed an interest in the west. Fairfax downey story of will knox, a nineteenyearold boy who undertook the daring and dangerous task of transporting 183 cannons from new yorks fort ticonderoga to bostonin the dead of winterto help george. Henry knox, a patroit who goes to fort ticonderoga, a fort in new york that has at least 183 cannons, lead for bullets, flint for flintlock muskets. English monarch revolutionary war leaders by ann gaines lafayette. Guns for general washington 2001 edition open library.
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