The American Revolution: "Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Death!"

by Deborah Kent

Describes the events leading up to the American Revolution and recounts the course of the war that united the American colonies and gained them their independence from Britain

128 pages, Library Binding

First published January 1, 1994

About the author

Deborah Kent was born in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, and grew up in nearby Little Falls. She graduated from Oberlin College and received a master's degree from Smith College School for Social Work. For four years, she was a social worker at University Settlement House on New York's Lower East Side. In 1975, Ms. Kent moved to San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, where she wrote her first young-adult novel, Belonging. In San Miguel, Ms. Kent helped to found the Centro de Crecimiento, a school for children with disabilities. Ms. Kent is the author of numerous young-adult novels and nonfiction titles for children. She lives in Chicago with her husband, children's author R. Conrad Stein, and their daughter, Janna.

Reviews

[Tamara · Rating 4 out of 5]

Objective, easy to read, included quotes from first hand accounts and other primary resources. It was an excellent resource for teaching my kid about the revolution.