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Masquerade

By: Alfred A. Knopf

Type: Hardcover

Product Line: Historical Books (Alfred A. Knopf)


Product Info

Title
Masquerade
Publisher
Category
Publish Year
2004
Pages
417
Dimensions
6.5x9.5x1.5"
NKG Part #
2148003239
Type
Hardcover

Description

The remarkable story of the woman who fought in the American Revolution as Robert Shurtliff–and got away with it.

Serving for seventeen months during the period between the British surrender at Yorktown and the signing of the final treaty, a time when peace was far from secure, Deborah Sampson accomplished her deception by becoming an outstanding soldier. Alfred Young shows us why she did it and exactly how she carried it off. He meticulously reconstructs her early life as an indentured servant; her young adulthood as a weaver, teacher, and religious rebel; and her military career in the light infantry–consisting of dangerous patrols and small-party encounters, duty that demanded constant vigilance–followed by service as an orderly to a general at West Point.