Glory, passion, and principle : the story of eight remarkable women at the core of the American Revolution / Melissa Lukeman Bohrer.
2004
E276 .B65 2004 (Mapit)
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Title
Glory, passion, and principle : the story of eight remarkable women at the core of the American Revolution / Melissa Lukeman Bohrer.
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Edition
1st Atria Books trade pbk. ed.
ISBN
9780743453318
074345331X
074345331X
Publication Details
New York : Atria Books, 2004.
Language
English
Description
xv, 271 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Call Number
E276 .B65 2004
Dewey Decimal Classification
973.3082
Summary
Profiles eight American women who made significant contributions to the American Revolution, from sixteen-year-old Sybil Ludington, who rode twice as far as Paul Revere to alert patriots; to Deborah Samson, who posed as a man to fight as a Continental Army soldier; to Phyllis Wheatley, a slave and first-published African-American author.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
With the wind in her hair : Sibyl Ludington
Breaking the chains of silence : Phillis Wheatley
First advisers : Abigail Adams
Her pen as sword : Mercy Otis Warren
Spy games : Lydia Darragh
A sister in arms : Molly Pitcher
Soldier with a secret : Deborah Sampson
A woman warrior : Nancy Ward.
Breaking the chains of silence : Phillis Wheatley
First advisers : Abigail Adams
Her pen as sword : Mercy Otis Warren
Spy games : Lydia Darragh
A sister in arms : Molly Pitcher
Soldier with a secret : Deborah Sampson
A woman warrior : Nancy Ward.