Gingerbread for Liberty!: How a German Baker Helped Win the American Revolution

by Vincent X. Kirsch and Mara Rockliff

Book Overview

Christopher Ludwick was a German-born American patriot with a big heart and a talent for baking. When cries of "Revolution!" began, Christopher was determined to help General George Washington and his hungry troops. Not with muskets or cannons, but with gingerbread! Cheerfully told by Mara Rockliff and brought to life by Vincent Kirsch's inventive cut-paper illustrations, Gingerbread for Liberty is the story of an unsung hero of the Revolutionary...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0544130014
• ISBN13: 9780544130012
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Clarion Books
• Length: 32 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 9.6" x 11.2"
• Age Range: 6 to 9 years
• Grade Range: Grades 1 to 4