Describes sixteen-year-old Sybil Ludington's dangerous ride in 1777 to warn the minutemen of the British Attack on Danbury, Connecticut.
In 1777, the American Revolution is well underway.
Sybil Rides tells the inspiring true story of the burning of Danbury and Battle of Ridgefield during the American Revolution and how sixteen-year old Sybil Ludington made a forty-mile ride on a cold rainy night becoming known as the Female ...
Karen B. Winnick Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Text and illustrations copyright © 2000 by Karen B. Winnick Endpaper map reproduced through the courtesy of the William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan.
The true story of Sybil's bravery and perseverance are faithfully related by Marsha Amstel's appealing text and Ellen Beier's finely crafted illustrations.
What would you do if your country was counting on you to deliver a message?
The exciting true story of Sybil Ludington, the teenage heroine who called out her father's Militia in response to the Crown Forces Raid on Danbury and the ensuing battle which took place at Ridgefield and Norwalk.
She was only 16 and rode twice as far in the dark and rain to alert the Patriots to gather at the Colonel's home in Duchess County, New York. The British were burning Danbury, Connecticut. This is her story.
The Expanded Edition of the exciting true story of Sybil Ludington, the teenage heroine who called out her father's Militia in response to the Crown Forces Raid on Danbury and the ensuing battle which took place at Ridgefield and Norwalk.
Includes readers' extras and a page of stickers.
In 1777, on a cold and stormy night in the New York Colony, sixteen-year-old Sybil Ludington makes a dangerous and difficult ride to warn the local militiamen that the British Army is looting and burning nearby Danbury, Connecticut.