Rush Revere and the Star-Spangled Banner

Rush Revere and the Star-Spangled Banner

Einband:
Fester Einband
EAN:
9781476789880
Untertitel:
Englisch
Genre:
Kinder- & Jugendbücher
Autor:
Rush Limbaugh, Kathryn Adams Limbaugh
Herausgeber:
Simon & Schuster N.Y.
Anzahl Seiten:
240
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.05.2015
ISBN:
978-1-4767-8988-0

Informationen zum Autor Rush Limbaugh was the host of The Rush Limbaugh Showthe nation's highest-rated talk radio program, with an audience of more than 30 millionand was the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Way Things Ought To Be; See, I Told You So; and the Adventures of Rush Revere book series. Visit OfficialRushLimbaugh.com.Kathryn Adams Limbaugh is an American author and business executive. She is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, descendant of American Founding Father John Adams, president of the Rush and Kathryn Adams Limbaugh Family Foundation, and CEO of KARHL Holdings LLC. She is the creator and coauthor of the popular Adventures of Rush Revere middle grade American history book series, with all five bestsellers published between 2013 and 2016. Klappentext It's the dawn of an important new day in America. Young readers, grab the reins and join Rush Revere, Liberty the horse, and the whole time-traveling crew in this patriotic historical adventure that takes you on an exciting trip to the past to see our remarkable nation's most iconic symbols up close and personal! Rush Revere here, along with my chatty horse, Liberty! Wait a minute...Liberty? Where did he go? Reporting for duty, Captain Revere! Liberty, where did you get that spinach smoothie? *Slurp* Well, he certainly didn't get it from 1787that's where we're rush, rush, rushing off to next with our enthusiastic young friends in the Time-Traveling Crew (but not before causing a major security incident at the National Archives in Washington, D.C.!) A funny case of mistaken identity and a wild chase through the busy streets of Philadelphia will lead us to the famously introverted Father of our Constitution, James Madison, and the heated secret debates over the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Fast-forward a few years, and we'll help his brave wife, Dolley, risk her life to save an important portrait from the White House as the British set Washington afire! What greater symbol of our exceptional nation's hard-won freedoms than the Star-Spangled Banner, sewn by American icon Betsy Ross? Perhaps Francis Scott Key can explain what inspired him to pay tribute to our glorious flag by writing our beautiful national anthem. But watch out for the bombs bursting in air, because when we reach 1814, we'll be front and center at a major battle to defend our liberty. Jump back in the saddle with me, Rush Revere, and the Time-Traveling Crew, as my trusty horse, Liberty, takes us on another flying leap through American history into a past teeming with heroes and extraordinary citizens who have so much to teach us about patriotism. All you need to bring is your curiosity about the birth of our democracyI've got plenty of tricornered hats for everyone! Zusammenfassung It's the dawn of an important new day in America. Young readers, grab the reins and join Rush Revere, Liberty the horse, and the whole time-traveling crew in this patriotic historical adventure that takes you on an exciting trip to the past to see our remarkable nation's most iconic symbols up close and personal! Rush Revere here, along with my chatty horse, Liberty! Wait a minute...Liberty? Where did he go? Reporting for duty, Captain Revere! Liberty, where did you get that spinach smoothie? *Slurp* Well, he certainly didn't get it from 1787that's where we're rush, rush, rushing off to next with our enthusiastic young friends in the Time-Traveling Crew (but not before causing a major security incident at the National Archives in Washington, D.C.!) A funny case of mistaken identity and a wild chase through the busy streets of Philadelphia will lead us to the famously introverted Father of our Constitution, James Madison, and the heated secret debates over the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Fast-forward a few years, and we'll help his brave wife, Dolley, risk her life to s...

Autorentext
Rush Limbaugh was the host of The Rush Limbaugh Show—the nation’s highest-rated talk radio program, with an audience of more than 30 million—and was the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Way Things Ought To Be; See, I Told You So; and the Adventures of Rush Revere book series. Visit OfficialRushLimbaugh.com.

Kathryn Adams Limbaugh is an American author and business executive. She is a #1 New York Times bestselling author, descendant of American Founding Father John Adams, president of the Rush and Kathryn Adams Limbaugh Family Foundation, and CEO of KARHL Holdings LLC. She is the creator and coauthor of the popular Adventures of Rush Revere middle grade American history book series, with all five bestsellers published between 2013 and 2016.

Klappentext
It’s the dawn of an important new day in America. Young readers, grab the reins and join Rush Revere, Liberty the horse, and the whole time-traveling crew in this patriotic historical adventure that takes you on an exciting trip to the past to see our remarkable nation’s most iconic symbols up close and personal!

“Rush Revere here, along with my chatty horse, Liberty! Wait a minute...Liberty? Where did he go?”

“Reporting for duty, Captain Revere!”

“Liberty, where did you get that spinach smoothie?”

*Slurp*

Well, he certainly didn’t get it from 1787—that’s where we’re rush, rush, rushing off to next with our enthusiastic young friends in the Time-Traveling Crew (but not before causing a major security incident at the National Archives in Washington, D.C.!) A funny case of mistaken identity and a wild chase through the busy streets of Philadelphia will lead us to the famously introverted Father of our Constitution, James Madison, and the heated secret debates over the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Fast-forward a few years, and we’ll help his brave wife, Dolley, risk her life to save an important portrait from the White House as the British set Washington afire!

What greater symbol of our exceptional nation’s hard-won freedoms than the Star-Spangled Banner, sewn by American icon Betsy Ross? Perhaps Francis Scott Key can explain what inspired him to pay tribute to our glorious flag by writing our beautiful national anthem. But watch out for the bombs bursting in air, because when we reach 1814, we’ll be front and center at a major battle to defend our liberty.

Jump back in the saddle with me, Rush Revere, and the Time-Traveling Crew, as my trusty horse, Liberty, takes us on another flying leap through American history into a past teeming with heroes and extraordinary citizens who have so much to teach us about patriotism. All you need to bring is your curiosity about the birth of our democracy—I’ve got plenty of tricornered hats for everyone!

Leseprobe
Rush Revere and the Star Spangled Banner Prologue
Shouting and yells could be heard in the distant blackness. Washington City was barely visible as Liberty and I made our way down a winding dirt road.

“Liberty, I hope you can see better than I can,” I said. “I forgot there are no street lights in 1814.”

“No worries, Revere. Horses can see very well in the dark,” Liberty said. “And I can smell better, too. Well, not just in the dark but all the time. In fact,” Liberty sniffed, “it smells like someone is cooking dinner. Mmm, a nice carrot and onion stew sounds really—whoa!” Liberty yelled and reared up, flailing his front legs.

The sound of a woman screaming came from somewhere directly in front of us.

I hung tight to Liberty’s neck until his front hooves were once again on the dir…


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