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SUMMARY:Henry Knox's Amazing Journey - One of the Great Stories of the American Revolution ( VIRTUAL )
DESCRIPTION:* Use this link to join our virtual program: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84669859863 \nThe inspiring story of a little-known hero’s pivotal role in the American Revolutionary War. During the brutal winter of 1775-1776\, an untested Boston bookseller named Henry Knox commandeered an oxen train hauling sixty tons of cannons and other artillery from Fort Ticonderoga near the Canadian border. He and his men journeyed some three hundred miles south and east over frozen\, often-treacherous terrain to supply George Washington for his attack of British troops occupying Boston. \nThe result was the British surrender of Boston and the first major victory for the Colonial Army. \nThis is one of the great stories of the American Revolution\, still little known by comparison with the more famous battles of Concord\, Lexington\, and Bunker Hill. Told with a novelist’s feel for narrative\, character\, and vivid description\, “The Noble Train” brings to life the events and people at a time when the ragtag American rebels were in a desperate situation. Washington’s army was withering away from desertion and expiring enlistments. Typhoid fever\, typhus\, and dysentery were taking a terrible toll. There was little hope of dislodging British General Howe and his 20\,000 British troops in Boston–until Henry Knox arrived with his supply convoy of heavy armaments. Firing down on the city from the surrounding Dorchester Heights\, these weapons created a decisive turning point. \nAn act of near desperation fueled by courage\, daring\, and sheer tenacity led to a tremendous victory for the cause of independence. \nThis exciting tale of daunting odds and undaunted determination highlights a pivotal episode that changed history. \nPresenter: William Elliott Hazelgrove is the National Bestselling author of ten novels and fourteen narrative nonfiction titles. His books have received starred reviews in Publisher Weekly Kirkus\, Booklist\, Book of the Month Selections\, Distinguished Book Award\, ALA Editors Choice Awards Junior Library Guild Selections\, Literary Guild Selections\, History Book Club Selections and optioned for the movies. He was the Ernest Hemingway Writer in Residence where he wrote in the attic of Ernest Hemingway’s birthplace. He has written articles and reviews for “USA TODAY”\, “The Smithsonian Magazine”\, “Daily Mail UK”\, and other publications and has been featured on “NPR All Things Considered”. “The New York Times”\, “LA Times”\, “Chicago Tribune”\, CSPAN\, “Variety USA Today” have all covered his books with features. His books “Tobacco Sticks”\, “The Pitcher”\, “Real Santa”\, and “Madam President” have been optioned for screen and television rights. His book “Madam President: The Secret Presidency of Edith Wilson” is currently in development. The option on “The Pitcher” was fully executed when the script was approved.
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