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Record ID marc_loc_2016/BooksAll.2016.part42.utf8:92107105:2193
Source Library of Congress
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LEADER: 02193cam a22003498i 4500
001 2015039985
003 DLC
005 20151017083006.0
008 151014s2016 ncu b s001 0 eng c
010 $a 2015039985
020 $a9781469627533 (cloth : alk. paper)
020 $z9781469627540 (ebook)
040 $aNcU/DLC$beng$erda$cNcU
042 $apcc
043 $an-us---
050 00 $aUB418.C45$bC69 2016
082 00 $a973.3/4083$223
100 1 $aCox, Caroline,$d1954-2014,$eauthor.
245 10 $aBoy soldiers of the American Revolution /$cCaroline Cox ; with a foreword by Robert Middlekauff.
263 $a1604
264 1 $aChapel Hill :$bThe University of North Carolina Press,$c[2016]
300 $apages cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: As well as I can recollect -- Answer the purpose -- A strong desire to enlist -- My father caused me to enlist -- He took his father's place -- Fellow citizens.
520 $a"Between 1819 and 1845, as veterans of the Revolutionary War were filing applications to receive pensions for their service, the government was surprised to learn that many of the soldiers were not men, but boys, many of whom were under the age of sixteen, and some even as young as nine. In Boy Soldiers of the American Revolution, Caroline Cox reconstructs the lives and stories of this young subset of early American soldiers, focusing on how these boys came to join the army and what they actually did in service. Giving us a rich and unique glimpse into colonial childhood, Cox traces the evolution of youth in American culture in the late eighteenth century, as the accepted age for children to participate meaningfully in society--not only in the military--was rising dramatically"--$cProvided by publisher.
650 0 $aChild soldiers$zUnited States$xHistory$y18th century.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yRevolution, 1775-1783$xParticipation, Juvenile.
650 0 $aChildren$zUnited States$xSocial life and customs$y18th century.
700 1 $aMiddlekauff, Robert,$ewriter of foreword.