{"title":"Milton Meltzer","description":"Milton Meltzer is the author of many books of history and biography, four of them nominated for the National Book Award. He lives in New York City.","products":[{"product_id":"the-american-revolutionaries-a-history-in-their-own-words-1750-1800-paperback","title":"The American Revolutionaries: A History in Their Own Words 1750-1800 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLearn about the American Revolutionary War directly from those who lived through it in this young adult nonfiction book from Milton Meltzer, \u003cem\u003eBoston Globe-Horn Book\u003c\/em\u003e Award Honoree and winner of the Laura Ingalls Wilder Medal.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost of us know about the American Revolution from only secondhand accounts of the fighting or from documents such as the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. 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An aide to George Washington recounts his feelings as he crosses the Delaware. A young surgeon describes in his diary the horror of an army camp, where the spread of smallpox, frostbite, and starvation are deadlier than any sword. These are the voices of the American Revolutionaries.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost of us know about the American Revolution only from secondhand accounts of the fighting or from documents such as the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights. 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Author Milton Meltzer provides historical context for Lincoln's words, and dramatic illustrations by Stephen Alcorn complete this handsome volume, now available in paperback.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A renowned orator and writer, Abraham Lincoln believed in speaking plainly so every American could understand the complicated issues affecting the country. 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