Henry Knox: Bookseller, Soldier, Patriot cover

Henry Knox: Bookseller, Soldier, Patriot

Author: Silvey, Anita

Reading Metrics

Grade Level Lower Grades (LG K-3)
Book Level 6.8
Points 0.5
Fiction/Nonfiction Nonfiction
Word Count 2899
Points per Word 0.000172
Page Count 40
Points per Page 0.0125

Description

The first half of this book deftly portrays Knox as a likable, optimistic youth who sold books to both the Patriots and the Loyalists, while the second half shows him as a determined 25-year-old officer leading the expedition that freed Boston in 1776.