Masquerade
the life and times of Deborah Sampson, Continental soldier
1st ed.
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Author
Publication
2004 - Alfred A. Knopf, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
104,250 words, Guess
Page Count
417 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL3685365M
- ISBN-100679441654
- OCLC Control Number52079888
- OCLC Control Numbermasqueradelifeti0000youn
- Library of Congress Control Number2003047549
and 2 more
- Goodreads566061
- LibraryThing1165969
Classifications
- DDC973.3/092
- LCCE276.G36 Y68 2004
Description
The story of the woman who fought in the American Revolution passing as a man. Serving for seventeen months, she accomplished her deception by becoming an outstanding soldier. Young shows us why and how she carried it off. He reconstructs her early life as an indentured servant; her young adulthood as a weaver, teacher, and religious rebel; and her military career in the light infantry--consisting of dangerous duty that demanded constant vigilance--followed by service as an orderly to a general at West Point. Young also examines her postwar life as a wife and mother on a hardscrabble farm in Massachusetts, her collaboration on the book that made her a celebrity and sent her on a yearlong lecture tour through New England and New York in 1802-03, and her relentless and partially successful quest for veterans' benefits.--From publisher description.
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Genres
- Biography.
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