Vendeur : GoldBooks, Denver, CO, Etats-Unis
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Edité par Lulu Press Feb 2023, 2023
ISBN 13 : 9798218140120
Vendeur : AHA-BUCH GmbH, Einbeck, Allemagne
Taschenbuch. Etat : Neu. Neuware - He was a she.During the Revolutionary War, a young man called Robert Shurtlieff enlisted in the Continental Army. Stationed at West Point, he was chosen for the elite Light Infantry to fight Tory loyalists terrorizing the Hudson Valley. He served for a year and a half, was wounded in combat, and got promoted as an aide to a general. This is a true story. But in fact, 'Robert' secretly was Deborah Sampson. Of Mayflower ancestry but born into poverty, she left home at age five to earn her keep. Frustrated by the limitations she faced as a young woman, she donned men's clothing to seek opportunity and freedom.