[PDF] The Youngest Patriot eBook

Author : Jim Murphy
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 34,52 MB
Release : 1996
Category : History
ISBN : 9780395900192

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In the summer of 1776, Joseph Plumb Martin was a fifteen-year-old Connecticut farm boy who considered himself as warm a patriot as the best of them. He enlisted that July and stayed in the revolutionary army until hostilities ended in 1783. Martin fought under Washington, Lafayette, and Steuben. He took part in major battles in New York, Monmouth, and Yorktown. He wintered at Valley Forge and then at Morristown, considered even more severe. He wrote of his war years in a memoir that brings the American Revolution alive with telling details, drama, and a country boy's humor. Jim Murphy lets Joseph Plumb Martin speak for himself throughout the text, weaving in historical backfround details wherever necessary, giving voice to a teenager who was an eyewitness to the fight that set America free from the British Empire.

Author : Marcella Fisher Anderson
Publisher : Boyds Mills Press
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 46,20 MB
Release : 2004-03-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1629791873

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Major events of the American Revolution are brought to life in this collection of historical fiction that shows young people caught up in the dangers, hardships, and conflicts of America's fight for independence. A young girl proves her courage in Concord on April 19, 1775, and a young boy and his dog catch a Tory spy after they cross the Delaware with Washington's men on Christmas night, 1776. Other stories show life during the siege of Charleston, a journey home in the middle of the battle of Saratoga, a young soldier's decision at Valley Forge, family conflicts in Savannah, an unlikely friendship at the surrender at Yorktown, and finally, a young boy witnessing the inauguration of President Washington. Brief introductions provide historical background for each of the fifteen stories. Sidebars, maps, and illustrations help make history alive and exciting. Also included are a timeline and suggestions for further reading.

Author : Gene Ligotti
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 170 pages
File Size : 12,9 MB
Release : 2000-03-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1462827608

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The year is 1776. A memorable year in American history. A year every American points to with pride, but what was it like to live during that year? Indeed during all the years of the British occupation of Long Island and New York. More to the point of this story, what was it like for a young thirteen year old farm boy to grow up on Long Island during that seven year occupation? The Youngest Patriot is the story of just such a young boy. It is the story of Elijah Churchill who meets Lieutenant Benjamin Tallmadge of the Continental Army who is on his way to Brooklyn Heights to join with his 2nd Connecticut Light Dragoons. Elijah pleads with Tallmadge to take him with him so that he can join the army and fight for his country. Tallmadge tells him he is too young. Elijahs father forbids him to even try to enlist. Defying them both he runs away from home and goes to Brooklyn Heights where Washingtons army is building fortifications against the impending British invasion. Through a series of events, Elijah does indeed become a soldier and his life intertwines with that of Benjamin Tallmadge. The tale of these seven years as Elijah becomes a man, has as its backdrop the exciting American revolution; our fight for liberty and independence. The account shows the beginnings of the Secret Service and the Central Intelligence Agency. Tallmadge and Elijah become very much a part of the Culper spy ring set up by General Washington. A secret message would run full circle, if you will, from Oyster Bay to New York City by courier, by horseback out to Setauket, and by whaleboat across the Long Island Sound to Connecticut. The saga of Nathan Hale is told as seen through the eyes of those who knew him and it was the Culper spy ring that first uncovered the plot which exposed and brought disgrace to Benedict Arnold. The narrative tells of George Washingtons frustration as he keeps hope for freedom alive as he repeatedly evades contact with the British until his initial victories at Trenton and Princeton. This is the story of the most important American war as seen through the eyes of a young boy from Setauket as he grows to manhood. His fears, anxieties, troubles, memories, and battles for the young republic culminate with Elijah receiving the Purple Heart designed and awarded by General Washington.

Author : Jim Murphy
Publisher : Turtleback
Page : pages
File Size : 34,39 MB
Release : 1998-03-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780606139410

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Recounts skirmishes and major campaigns by a soldier who enlisted at age fifteen and served seven years with Washington's Continental Army

Author : Charles A. Cerami
Publisher : Sourcebooks Incorporated
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 42,93 MB
Release : 2005
Category : History
ISBN : 9781402202353

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America's great underdog story from New York Times bestselling author Charles Cerami.

Author : Jason Glaser
Publisher : Capstone
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 45,7 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780736868860

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In graphic novel format, describes the legend of Revolutionary War heroine Molly Pitcher.

Author : Marcella F. Anderson
Publisher : Boyds Mills Press
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 11,62 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781590782415

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Stories describing the experiences of young people during critical moments of the American Revolution, including the battles in New York, Saratoga, Trenton and Valley Forge, and events of the Boston Tea Party, Paul Revere's Ride, the Constitutional Convention and others.

Author : Rae Bains
Publisher :
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 36,26 MB
Release : 1986
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :

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Describes the life of the fifth president of the United States, with an emphasis on his youth in Virginia.

Author : Augusta Stevenson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 21,76 MB
Release : 1986-10-31
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0020420404

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Using simple language that beginning readers can understand, this lively, inspiring, and believable biography looks at the childhood of Revolutionary War hero Molly Pitcher.

Author : Amy Sonnie
Publisher : Melville House
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 48,81 MB
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 1935554662

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The historians of the late 1960s have emphasised the work of a small group of white college activists and the Black Panthers, activists who courageously took to the streets to protest the war in Vietnam and continuing racial inequality. Poor and working-class whites have tended to be painted as spectators, reactionaries and even racists. Tracy and Amy Sonnie have been interviewing activists from the 1960s for nearly 10 years and here reject this narrative, showing how working-class whites, inspired by the Civil Rights Movement, fought inequality in the 1960s.