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Illustrated by
Charles Santore.
As Longfellow's narrative poem opens, a rapt mid-nineteenth-century audience at the historic Wayside Inn listens to an old storyteller relate the tale of Revere's famous ride. The accompanying illustrations in a somber palette are all action and angle: dramatic, varied perspectives put readers right in the middle of the events. This stirring version of an American classic gallops right along.