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A narrative of a Revolutionary soldier : some of the adventures, dangers, and sufferings of Joseph Plumb Martin / with an introduction by Thomas Fleming.

Title
A narrative of a Revolutionary soldier : some of the adventures, dangers, and sufferings of Joseph Plumb Martin / with an introduction by Thomas Fleming.
Author
Martin, Joseph Plumb, 1760-1850.
Publication
New York : Signet Classics, 2001.

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Description
xii, 260 p. : map; 17 cm.
Summary
This memoir, previously published as "Private Yankee Doodle", is a first-hand account by Revolutionary War soldier Joseph Plumb Martin. A 16-year-old private in the Continental Army, he narrates his true adventures traversing the mid-Atlantic colonies, from Connecticut over to Pennsylvania and down through Delaware with his compatriots.
Uniform Title
Narrative of some of the adventures, dangers, and sufferings of a Revolutionary soldier
Alternative Title
Narrative of some of the adventures, dangers, and sufferings of a Revolutionary soldier
Subject
  • Martin, Joseph Plumb, 1760-1850
  • 1775-1783
  • Soldiers > United States > Biography
  • United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Personal narratives
Genre/Form
  • Autobiographies
  • Biographies
  • History
  • Personal narratives
  • Autobiographies.
  • Récits personnels.
Note
  • Includes index.
  • "The memoir previously published as Private Yankee Doodle [in 1962]."
  • Originally published anonymously in 1830 under the title: A narrative of some of the adventures, dangers and sufferings of a revolutionary soldier.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Campaign of 1776 -- Campaign of 1777 -- Campaign of 1778 -- Campaign of 1779 -- Campaign of 1780 -- Campaign of 1781 -- Campaign of 1782 -- Campaign of 1783.
ISBN
0451528115 (alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2001034307
OCLC
47013226
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library