There are many differences between “Paul Revere’s Ride” by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and the actual history. In the legend of Paul Revere, Revere was a solo action hero meaning that he was the only one who warned everyone that the British were coming. However, he didn’t work alone. William Dawes also rode on horseback but, he went through a different route because there was a high risk that one of them would be captured. The myth says that Paul Revere planned alone, yet, in reality the leader of this plan was Dr. Joseph Warren. Warren knew that the British were coming to attack because he spied on the British through his medical practice. Another myth included in the poem is, that Paul Revere crossed the Charles River without any
