Tight, clean, flat, square, sharp and crisp book with former owner's name inked to the FFEP: from a teacher's estate, a classroom book. 

Jeffrey Thompson's shimmering illustrations enhance the drama of Longfellow's immortal rhyme. 

"This particular version is illustrated in a way that makes a four-year-old and that child's mama think maybe we can tackle it now.

My son noticed that the British soldiers were identical. "What's his name? And his name?" We talked about soldiers remaining nameless and identical and how that makes it easier not to think of them as people.

He then noticed that the soon-to-be Americans were not identical and in fact were not even soldiers. I couldn't resist. I told him not that it was because we always humanize our side, but that we weren't soldiers. We were just a bunch of hippies, activist farmers, fighting for what we believed in."