Revolutionary Reader

A sword flashes in the west—not for conquest, but to defend Liberty—and its light falls on Washington’s name. What kind of glory can outshine kings?

Sophie Lee Foster’s early-twentieth-century reader gathers poems and accounts from the struggle to make a new nation, from the colonial protests against royal rule to Washington’s inauguration at Federal Hall. It reaches back to Alamance, where citizens took up arms against Governor Tryon, and brings the Revolution close through the lives of those who served it. Alongside patriotic remembrances, the collection turns to Indian legends, asking readers to look beyond dates and battles to the stories a country keeps. What did freedom ask of the people who first claimed it—and what did they leave for those who came after?

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