When British soldiers invaded and captured New York City in 1776, balladeers might have sung about it by adding new verses to the tune of "Pop! Goes the Weasel," already an old favorite. And when the American army liberated the city seven years later, they were probably marching to the rousing strains of "Yankee Doodle."

Now young readers can sing along as Robert Quackenbush tells, in picture and song, the stirring story of the American Revolution in New York. The music to both songs is included. The illustrations show how the city looked two hundred years ago, and how the same scenes look now. And a 1776 Tour of Manhattan, complete with maps, lets readers trace the step of the Patriots and the Redcoats through New York City today.

From the dust jacket