In Pursuit of Liberty: Coming of Age in the American Revolution
- ISBN-10
- 027599306X
- ISBN-13
- 9780275993061
- Category
- Child soldiers
- Pages
- 190
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2006
- Publisher
- Greenwood Publishing Group
- Author
- Emmy E. Werner
Description
This is the first book to tell the story of the children, white and black, male and female, American, British, and German, who fought, died, and suffered through the American Revolution.
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- 2009-05-01
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- U of Nebraska Press
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