The book Paul Revere's Ride by David Hackett Fischer provides a rock solid biography of Revere's focus around his famous "Midnight Ride" that sets the stage for America's Revolutionary War. The author David Hackett Fischer provides a vivid historical account that deviates from simplistic popular myth. All sorts of fables, poems, and stories have been written about the event, which has become embedded in America culture. Fischer discovers all types of information that makes Revere a much more seminal participant in the Revolution than had previously been suspected. Fischer also flushes out his subjects and events well completely that they can be seen from angels they have never been looked at. This is what makes his approach holistic than most history book. Revere did not possess power of Santa Claus to touch every home and community northwest of Boston in the area such as Carlisle, Acton, and Wayland. The heroic messenger for freedom has valuable assistance from loyal comrades, but Fischer also points out a very clear picture of the culture and terrain in Massachusetts back in the year 1775. Paul Revere was the son of a French immigrant silversmith. It is important to remember that the Americans considered themselves as British. An interlude for some information about the state of the militias …show more content…
There were difficult rides at times when the roads were very rough, but it they existed it Revere made them extraordinary of speed. He was not the leader of the revolutionary movement, but was able to get his things done since he knew so many people. It made his trustworthiness crossed many class boundaries. Fischer has appended a most interesting historiographical section at the end of the book, in which he discusses how the various Revere myths became cemented into American