Kostya Kennedy

2 weeks ago | spreaker.com | Kostya Kennedy |Arroe Collins

On April 18, 1775, a Boston-based silversmith, engraver, and staunch anti-British political operative named Paul Revere set out on the most famous horse ride in American history. A century later it inspired the poem and legend of "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere." But the story is deeper and richer than we've all assumed.

2 weeks ago | ryerecord.com | Kostya Kennedy

History HighlightsAuthor Kostya KennedySPRYE and the Rye Free Reading Room welcome bestselling author and journalist Kostya Kennedy on June 12, 3 p.m. for an examination of the truth and legend of Paul Revere’s midnight ride. From diaries, archives, and letters, Kennedy reveals the story behind Paul Revere’s most famous ride, and the patriots and challenges that shaped a pivotal night in April 1775.

1 month ago | bostonglobe.com | Kostya Kennedy

Kostya Kennedy, a former senior writer at Sports Illustrated, is the author of several books about baseball. His most recent book is “The Ride: Paul Revere and the Night That Saved America."Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred’s May 13 decision to remove Pete Rose, Shoeless Joe Jackson, and a handful of other dead ballplayers from baseball’s “permanently ineligible” list revived perhaps the most enduring and provocative debate in sports: Does Rose belong in the Baseball Hall of Fame?

2 months ago | bostonglobe.com | Kostya Kennedy

Kostya Kennedy is the author of five books, including “The Ride: Paul Revere and the Night That Saved America.”A quarter-millennium after Paul Revere mounted his borrowed horse on a moonlit Charlestown night, not a day on earth passes without his name and figure being mentioned, alluded to, or invoked. That’s not just because of the branding — there’s a town named after Revere outside Boston and there are Paul Revere schools and academies in states from coast to coast.

2 months ago | spreaker.com | Kostya Kennedy |Arroe Collins

On April 18, 1775, a Boston-based silversmith, engraver, and staunch anti-British political operative named Paul Revere set out on the most famous horse ride in American history. A century later it inspired the poem and legend of "The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere." But the story is deeper and richer than we've all assumed.