A Narrative of a Revolutionary Soldier: Some Adventures, Dangers, and Sufferings of Joseph Plumb Martin

by Joseph Plumb Martin, Thomas Fleming (Introduction), William Chad Stanley (Afterword)

Overview

With a new afterword by William Chad Stanley

Here a private in the Continental Army of the Revolutionary War narrates his adventures in the army of a newborn country.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780451531582
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	06/01/2010
Pages:	288
Sales rank:	491,655
Product dimensions:	4.10(w) x 6.70(h) x 0.90(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Thomas Fleming is a distinguished historian and the author of numerous critically acclaimed and bestselling novels. His masterpiece, The Officers’ Wives, was an international bestseller with over two million copies sold. His novels Time and Tide and Liberty Tavern were both New York Times bestsellers. He is also the author to the award-winning PBS mini-series Liberty! The American Revolution. A decade ago Fleming was elected a Fellow of the Society of American Historians. He writes frequently for American Heritage Magazine and is contributing editor of the Quarterly Journal of Military History. His most recent non-fiction novel is Duel: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Future of America. Thomas Fleming lives in New York City.

Editorial Reviews

01/01/2016
This is the longest continuous account of the Revolutionary War by an enlisted man. Plumb's chronicles of battles reveal the often glossed-over brutality of this war, while balancing the narrative with his exploits as an outdoorsman. Rare unfiltered descriptions of some of America's great military leaders round out this important book.

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