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Bing illustrates Longfellow's poem "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere" as a military operation, performed in stealth and carried out as one vital piece of a complex tactical maneuver. A foldout facsimile of a letter from General Thomas Gage, placed on the opening faux-marbled end pages, sets the stage: British regulars are to confiscate military supplies from the Continental forces at Concord. Rebels must foil this plan. The initial scratchboard and watercolor illustrations, suggesting engravings of the period, show the revolutionaries sneaking around taverns gather...Log In or Sign Up to Read More