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296 pages, published by  Houghton Mifflin Harcourt , ©2020 The Boston Massacre. Americans, especially those in Boston have heard the story of that March night where colonists were harassing and shouting at British soldiers. After moments of hurling insults and objects at the regulars, shots were fired into the crowd, killing five men and wounding six. The event is discussed as early as elementary school, and millions of people have seen the engraving  that shows British troops firing on an innocent, unarmed crowd of civilians. The Boston Massacre. What Really Happened? Over the centuries, there have been new facts and information as to what perpetrated the event. Colonists, especially The Sons of Liberty wasted no time in framing propaganda for their narrative. We have learned of shouting, hurling objects into the air, and ultimately firing into a crowd of people hurling objects and insults at the unwelcome British soldiers. What a lot of people don't realize is that the Briti...

492 pages; Published by Zenith Publishing ©2021 It’s the 1770’s in Massachusetts, and Tories and Whigs alike are trying to go about their daily life on the eve of the American Revolution despite the constant threat of that life being upended by the tensions between the colonials and the British soldiers who have been sent to nearby Boston to keep the peace.  For young Annalisa Howlett, life is difficult enough at her home in Topsfield without the brewing trouble with the British. Annalisa would rather ride horses and drink cider than wear dresses and learn womanly duties. Society’s expectations keep her at home learning French and keeping house. Annalisa sneaks off to shoot a musket whenever she can and even takes that musket to a neighboring town, disguised as a man, to join its militia.  It’s not the only time she sneaks out, though. Another episode puts her in the middle of a confrontation between British soldiers and colonists on a fateful March night that would become kn...