Masquerade: The Life and Times of Deborah Sampson, Continental Soldier
Alfred F. Young
Masquerade: The Life and Times of Deborah Sampson, Continental Soldier
Alfred F. Young
Follows the seventeen-month service of Deborah Sampson in the American Revolution, during which she successfully posed as a man, sharing details about her early life as an indentured servant; her achievements as a weaver, teacher, and religious rebel; and her postwar life as a wife, mother, writer, and veteran advocate.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Vintage
- Year
- 2005
- ISBN-13
- 9780679761853
- Genre
- Biography & Memoir
- Topics
- American RevolutionGender disguiseidentityWomen's history
Awards
- Los Angeles Times Book Prize for HistoryShortlisted(2004)
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