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A Young Patriot
The American Revolution as Experienced by One Boy
By Murphy, Jim
- ISBN
- 978-0-39560-523-3
- Publisher
- New York : Clarion Books, c1996.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on June 1, 1996
Gr 6-Up Murphy presents the life of Joseph Plumb Martin, a 15-year-old Connecticut farm boy who enlisted in the Continental Army in 1776. Through well-selected quotes from Martin's self-published memoir, A Narrative of Some of the Adventures, Dangers and Sufferings of a Revolutionary Soldier, readers experience the young soldier's excitement and fear during battle, his boredom while marching, and the deprivation of a winter encampment. The author's compelling writing...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
