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A Young Patriot: The American Revolution as Experienced by One Boy
Contributor(s): Murphy, Jim (Author)

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ISBN: 0395900190     ISBN-13: 9780395900192
Publisher: Clarion Books
OUR PRICE: $7.55  

Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: March 1998
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Annotation: Jim Murphy lets Joseph Plumb Martin speak for himself throughout the text, weaving in historical background details wherever necessary, giving voice to a teenager who was an eyewitness to the fight that set America free from the British Empire.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - Colonial & Revolutionary Periods
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Historical
- Juvenile Nonfiction | Boys & Men
Dewey: B
LCCN: 936038789
Age Level: 10-12
Grade Level: 5-7
Lexile Measure: 1140(Not Available)
Physical Information: 0.3" H x 7.98" W x 10.06" L (0.86 lbs) 112 pages
Themes:
- Chronological Period - 18th Century
- Geographic Orientation - Connecticut
Features: Bibliography, Ikids, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Price on Product
Accelerated Reader Info
Quiz #: 20248
Reading Level: 7.7   Interest Level: Upper Grades   Point Value: 3.0
 
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Publisher Description:
In the summer of 1776, Joseph Plumb Martin was a fifteen-year-old Connecticut farm boy who considered himself as warm a patriot as the best of them. He enlisted that July and stayed in the revolutionary army until hostilities ended in 1783. Martin fought under Washington, Lafayette, and Steuben. He took part in major battles in New York, Monmouth, and Yorktown. He wintered at Valley Forge and then at Morristown, considered even more severe. He wrote of his war years in a memoir that brings the American Revolution alive with telling details, drama, and a country boy's humor. Jim Murphy lets Joseph Plumb Martin speak for himself throughout the text, weaving in historical backfround details wherever necessary, giving voice to a teenager who was an eyewitness to the fight that set America free from the British Empire.

Contributor Bio(s): Murphy, Jim: - Jim Murphy's nonfiction books have received numerous awards, among them two Newbery Honors, the Sibert Medal, three Orbis Pictus awards, the Margaret A. Edwards award, the James Madison Book Award, and a National Book Award nomination. Born and raised in New Jersey, Jim lives in Maplewood, NJ, with his family.
jimmurphybooks.com.
 
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