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Rockliff, Mara.
GINGERBREAD FOR LIBERTY! HOW A GERMAN BAKER HELPED WIN THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
New York : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2015
IL K-3, RL 3.5
ISBN 0544130014

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How did a simple but brave baker, known for the best gingerbread in the 13 colonies, change the course of the American Revolution? Christopher Ludwick, a German born baker living in Philadelphia, is, according to his wife, too old and fat to be a soldier. But he finds another way to help General Washington and his troops in this engaging story of how one person really can make a difference`.  (Garden State Children's Book Awards, 2018)

SUBJECTS:    Americans -- Biography. 
                        Ludwick, Christopher, 1720-1801. 
                        United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Biography. 
                        United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Participation, German American.

 
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