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Paul Revere's Last Ride: The Road To Rolling Copper, Robert Martello Mar 2012

Paul Revere's Last Ride: The Road To Rolling Copper, Robert Martello

Robert Martello

An immigrant's son, a heroic revolutionary rider, and an eminent silversmith, Paul Revere seems to epitomize the American Dream. He has been justifiably lauded as a hardworking, practical, and ambitious patriot-citizen, yet this portrait is incomplete. Paul Revere's greatest ride, truly earning him his place in history, was his successful quest to become the first American to master the technique of rolling copper.