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School Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 2012 | Nonfiction
Gr 3-5–Freedman tackles the Boston Tea Party with his characteristic energy and rigor and provides a gripping account of the nation-defining episode. He starts with a lucid, two-page introduction offering historical context–not stopping to get bogged down in the details of the Stamp Tax and its ilk–before he vaults into his story with a promising opening that mixes fact and suspense. From that page forward, he weaves together meticulously sourced quotations and information with engaging personal details to ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Magazine
Reviewed on September 1, 2012
With clear prose and an eye for telling detail, Freedman (Lincoln: A Photobiography, rev. 3/88; Lafayette and the American Revolution, rev. 11/10) adds to his Library of American History series by narrating the destruction of British tea in Boston Harbor on December 16, 1773. Fre...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Horn Book Guide
Reviewed on January 1, 2012
With clear prose and an eye for telling detail, Freedman narrates the 1773 destruction of British tea in Boston Harbor. Quoting heavily f...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
Junior Library Guild
Reviewed on October 1, 2012
Russell Freedman establishes the Boston Tea Party’s historical significance while also relaying the experience of living through it—both as a direct participant and as a member of the larger Boston community. This isn’t just a story about political ramifications, Freedman reminds his readers; it’s a story about pride, community, and justice. As the Massachusetts Gazette reported the day after the event, “joy appeared in almost every countenance, some on account of the destruction of ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
