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100 1 _aBarker, Shirley,
_d1911-1965
245 1 4 _aThe Road to Bunker Hill
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2021
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
500 _aRelease date is 2021-10-27
508 _aTim Lindell, David E. Brown, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.)
520 _a"The Road to Bunker Hill" by Shirley Barker is a historical novel written in the early 1960s. Set during the onset of the American Revolutionary War, the story introduces the lives of young characters experiencing the tumultuous changes brought about by the conflict. The narrative focuses on the friendships and romantic interests of a group of boys and girls from Newburyport, exploring both their youthful innocence and the looming reality of war. The opening of the book sets the scene in Newburyport, where teenagers Eben, Dick, Johnny, Sally Rose, and Kitty gather by the river. Their casual conversation reveals a longing for adventure, which juxtaposes the serious undertones of impending war that the girls have heard about from Johnny. The excitement builds with the return of Sally Rose and the fascination with new characters, particularly a mysterious stranger named Tom Trask. This blend of youthful escapism and the onset of conflict hints at the challenges the characters will face and sets the stage for their growth amidst the backdrop of the brewing revolution. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cUnited States: Duell, Sloan and Pearce, 1962
653 _aUnited States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Juvenile fiction
653 _aBunker Hill, Battle of, Boston, Mass., 1775 -- Juvenile fiction
856 4 _uhttps://hdl.handle.net/2027/nyp.33433044862765
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/66623
999 _c107445
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