We’re excited to bring you the historical Boy With a Fife: Ebenezer Fletcher’s War of Independence by Elizabeth Raum.
For Liberty!
As a young lad, Ebenezer Fletcher played war games with other boys in New Ipswich, New Hampshire. In April 1775, his life changed forever when British soldiers attacked the towns of Lexington and Concord. Shots were fired. Men died.
War was no longer a child’s game.
When the New Ipswich militia responded to the attack, thirteen-year-old Ebenezer joined them, playing his fife on the long march to Boston and beyond. During the next few years, Eb faced dangers and hardships in battle and at home. Courage and determination never deserted him.
Through it all, he remained focused on his goal—Liberty.
This is his story.
Meet the Author
Boy With a Fife is based on the autobiography of Ebenezer Fletcher the author discovered in her family history. It’s an adventurous historical story of the best kind – it’s based on a true person and true events! We get to explore what life was like for a young fifer in the Revolutionary War.M
One of the best parts of a new book is getting to meet the author! Elizabeth Raum has published over 160 history books for kids, including A Kidnapping In Kentucky 1776 here at Chicken Scratch Books. Want to know more about her and her story? Watch this video and find out:
Meet the Author – Elizabeth Raum
PDF Activity Sheet
If you are looking for a wonderful historical addition to your celebration of the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Lexington and Concord, this book is it! It’s a great way to help your family appreciate our country’s history and how ordinary people became real heroes on the road to liberty.
To go along with the book, we’ve created this fun activity sheet PDF Ebenezer’s Revolutionary World. Download it now and see if you can identify the places Eb traveled to in colonial times.
Virtue Training Course
We love publishing new great stories for kids and families to love. But we also love creating the online, video based courses that teach much more than just the story.
In Boy With a Fife: Ebenezer Fletcher’s War of Independence by Elizabeth Raum, Eb learns several important things. One is the importance of understanding what liberty is for each individual. Combined with our companion Explore Course, this book can be a very useful tool to help guide your kids in shaping their own worldviews in traditional ways.
We offer a free workshop to learn how to use literature as a tool in virtue training for your family. Grab your free workshop here.
Your family will love Boy With a Fife!