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In Pursuit of Liberty - Coming of Age in the American Revolution (Hardcover, Annotated Ed)
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In Pursuit of Liberty - Coming of Age in the American Revolution (Hardcover, Annotated Ed)
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The voices of the children and teenagers who witnessed the events
that transformed the colonies to an independent nation have seldom
been heard in historical accounts of the American Revolution. This
book tells the story of the "forgotten" youngsters who engaged in
the boycott of British goods and the battles that led up to the
Declaration of Independence: the story of their courageous exploits
in eight years of warfare on land and sea, and the story of the
social forces that shaped and transformed their post-war lives. The
Revolution challenged the notions of patriarchal authority. It
introduced serious risks and disruptions in the lives of the young,
but it also gave them an unprecedented degree of autonomy and a
sense of responsibility that allowed them to seize the
opportunities that they gained with their independence. The book is
based on the eye-witness accounts of one hundred children and
teenagers who were between the ages of five and sixteen when they
first observed the events recorded in their diaries, journals,
letters, or memoirs. One-third of the accounts are from girls, most
of whom lived in cities; two-thirds are from boys, most of whom
lived rural areas. They include reports from black as well as white
boy soldiers, from teenagers imprisoned on land and on prison
ships, from slave children and youngsters held hostage by Indians,
and from children of loyalists and pacifists who opposed the war
with Britain for political or religious reasons. Also included are
the viewpoints of Hessian teenagers who fought in the American
Revolutionary War for the British. The book follows the chronology
of the American Revolution across two decades from 1770, when the
boycott of Britishgoods throughout the American colonies gained
momentum, to 1789, when George Washington was sworn in as the first
president of a new and independent nation. It sets the experiences
of the children and teenagers who lived and wrote in that time in a
historical context. It focuses on the major milestones of the
American Revolution, and the contribution of young people to its
progress and ultimate success.
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