BR2-05: Sam the Minuteman

"What's this?" he thought. "It can't be Sunday yet!"  (p.19)



「sam the minuteman」の画像検索結果A boy named Sam Brown lived with his parents on a farm in Lexington, Massachusetts, near Boston. At that time, America was not a country of its own. It belonged to England. Once, in Boston, Sam and his father saw the soldiers. The people were unhappy, and sometimes they had riots. So, they didn't like the soldiers much. They called them Lobster Backs because of their red coats. One day, Sam was awakened by the sound of church bells ringing. He knew there was trouble. His father was a Minuteman, which meant he had to be ready for trouble at a minute's notice. So, they went to there...
There was the word not to understand, but it was very interesting for me. If you are intersted in this book, please read it!




Watson, C. (1987). Sam the Minuteman. HarperCollins; Reprint.



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