Excerpt from Patriotic Reader: Or, Human Liberty Developed; In Verse and Prose, From Various Ages, Lands, and Races, With Historical Notes War is actually begun (march 23, 1775) Paul Revere's Ride (night of April 17, 1775) The Battle of Lexington (april 17, 1775) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.