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Why Don't You Get a Horse, Sam Adams? Paperback - 1996

by Jean Fritz; Trina Schart Hyman

In the early days of America when men wore ruffles, rode horseback, and obeyed the King, there lived a man in Boston who cared for none of these things. No one expected Samuel Adams to wear ruffles or pledge allegiance to the King of England, but his friends did think that he might get on a horse. But would he? Never! he said. An ALA Notable Children's Book. Full color.


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In early America, when all the men wore ruffled shirts and rode grandly on horseback, one man refused to follow suit. He was the rebel leader Sam Adams, a plainspoken gent who scorned ruffles, refused to ride a horse, and had little regard for the King. This lively biography is a nice, personal look at a leader and his times.

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This lively biography, by Newbery Honor-winning author Jean Fritz, is a nice, personal look at a leader and his times. In early America, when all the men wore ruffled shirts and rode grandly on horseback, one man refused to follow suit. He was the rebel leader Sam Adams, a plainspoken gent who scorned ruffles, refused to ride a horse, and had little regard for the King.

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In the early days of America when men wore ruffles on their shirts and buckles on their shoes.

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  • Title Why Don't You Get a Horse, Sam Adams?
  • Author Jean Fritz; Trina Schart Hyman
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Reissue
  • Pages 48
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Puffin Books
  • Date September 9, 1996
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780698114166 / 0698114167
  • Weight 0.26 lbs (0.12 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.99 x 7.02 x 0.16 in (22.83 x 17.83 x 0.41 cm)
  • Ages 07 to 09 years
  • Grade levels 2 - 4
  • Reading level 870
  • Themes
    • Theometrics: Secular
  • Library of Congress subjects United States - History - Revolution,, Adams, Samuel
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 73088023
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

About the author

Acclaimed biographer, Jean Fritz, was born in China to American missionaries on November 16, 1915. Living there until she was almost thirteen sparked a lifelong interest in American history. She wrote about her childhood in China in Homesick, My Own Story, a Newbery Honor Book and winner of the National Book Award.
Ms. Fritz was the author of forty-five books for children and young people. Many center on historical American figures, gaining her a reputation as the premier author of biographies for children and young people.
Among the other prestigious awards Ms. Fritz has garnered are: the National Humanities Medal, the Children's Literature Legacy Award, the May Hill Arbuthnot Lecture Award. the Christopher Award, the Boston Globe-Horn Book Non-Fiction Award, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, and many ALA Notable Books of the Year, School Library Journal Best Books of the Year, and ALA Booklist Editors' Choice Awards.
She passed away on May 14, 2017.
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