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April Morning is a 1961 novel by Howard Fast, about Adam Cooper's coming of age during the Battle of Lexington. One critic notes that in the beginning of the novel he is "dressed down by his father, Moses, misunderstood by his mother, Sarah, and plagued by his brother, Levi."
April Morning: Directed by Delbert Mann. With Tommy Lee Jones, Susan Blakely, Chad Lowe, Robert Urich. On the morning of April 19, 1775, the American Revolution began with the "shot heard 'round the world".
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April Morning is about a fifteen-year-old named Adam who lives in the small town of Lexington just outside of Boston, Massachusetts. Tensions are high between the colonists and their government, and militias known as “Committees” are popping up around the thirteen colonies.
April Morning is a historical fiction work by Howard Fast, a prolific author whose writings spanned the bulk of the 20th century. Published in 1961, midway through Fast’s career, the novel is one of many he wrote on the Revolutionary War and the birth of America.
Superstitious teenager Adam Cooper (Chad Lowe) struggles to gain the approval of his intellectual and devout Christian father, Moses (Tommy Lee Jones). When a lone rider warns the locals of ...
- History, Drama
On the morning of April 19, 1775, the American Revolution began with the "shot hear 'round the world." 393 IMDb 6.4 1 h 39 min 1988. 13+. Drama · Special Interest · Historical · Serious. Watch with a free Prime trial. Watch with Prime.
Apr 18, 2008 · Historical novelist Sally Gunning remembers the first time she read April Morning, Howard Fast's fictional account of the day, and the lasting impression the book had on her.
April Morning. by Howard Fast. THE LITERARY WORK. A novel set in colonial New England around April 19, 1775; published in 1961. SYNOPSIS. A boy is forced to become a man after taking part in the Battle of Lexington. Events in History at the Time the Novel Takes Place.
Nov 1, 1983 · Historically it recounts the morning of April 18-19, 1775 and the first battle of the Revolutionary war. The story is told through the eyes of Adam Cooper, a boy of 15. We have the teenage angst of a boy feeling unloved by his father, who is a strict disciplinarian.
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