For Paul Revere there was always more to do, more to see, more to hear, more places to go than there were hours in the day.

He was always galloping off somewhere—his hat clapped to his head, his coattails flying.  To New York to spread the news of the Boston Tea Party.  To Philadelphia to deliver letters to the Continental Congress.  And, of course, to Lexington.

Everyone knows about Paul Revere's Big Ride to Lexington.  But not everyone knows the harrowing details and narrow escapes along the way.  And perhaps not everyone knows all the things Paul Revere did before, between and after his adventures.  To name a few:  He made silver spoons, teapots and cups; he made false teeth, drew cartoons, ran a hardware store, built a foundry, and made church bells.

With all his energy and enthusiasm Paul Revere comes bounding back to life in Jean Fritz's fast-paced, humorous, and scrupulously authentic story, the kind of story that keeps readers asking, "And then what happened?"

Margot Tomes shows us all the exciting things Paul Revere found to see and do in this famous era in which he lived, in accurate, often funny, and detailed colorful illustrations.

From the dust jacket