The Ride: Paul Revere and the Night That Saved America - Paperback

by Kostya Kennedy (Author)

USA Today Bestseller

Timed for the 250th anniversary of America's revolution and founding: Paul Revere's heroic ride and its aftermath

On April 18, 1775, a Boston-based silversmith, engraver, and anti-British political operative named Paul Revere set out on a borrowed horse to fulfill a dangerous but crucial mission: to alert American colonists of advancing British troops, which would seek to crush their nascent revolt.

Revere was not the only rider that night, and indeed, he had completed at least 18 previous rides throughout New England, disseminating intelligence about British movements. But this ride was like no other, and its consequences in the months and years to come--as the American Revolution morphed from isolated skirmishes to a full-fledged war--became one of our founding stories.

In The Ride, Kostya Kennedy presents a new narrative informed by fresh research into archives, family letters and diaries, contemporary accounts, and more. Kennedy reveals Revere's ride to be more complex than it is usually portrayed--a coordinated series of rides by numerous men, near-disaster, capture by British forces, and finally success. While Revere was central to the ride and its plotting, Kennedy reveals the other men (and, perhaps, a woman with information about the movement of British forces) who helped to set in motion the events that would lead to America's independence.

Thrillingly written in a dramatic, unstoppable narrative, The Ride recreates an essential American story for a new generation of readers.

Author Biography

KOSTYA KENNEDY is the Editor in Chief of Premium Publishing, including LIFE magazine, at People Inc. He is a former Senior Writer at Sports Illustrated and is the New York Times bestselling author of 56: Joe DiMaggio and the Last Magic Number in Sports and Pete Rose: An American Dilemma as well as True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson. All three won the CASEY Award for Best Baseball Book of the Year. He has taught at Columbia and NYU, and lives with his wife in Westchester County, NY.