Backcountry fury
Subtitle: a sixteen-year-old patriot in the Revolutionary War
By: by Tony Zeiss.
Publisher: Parkway Publishers; Blair
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Boone, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 175
ISBN-13: 9781597124096
Subjects: Young, Thomas, -- 1764-1848 -- Juvenile literature; South Carolina. -- Militia -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Soldiers -- South Carolina -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Soldiers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; South Carolina -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; South Carolina -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Campaigns -- Juvenile literature; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Campaigns -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature; Biography
Description: "This young adult story chronicles eighteen months in the life of sixteen-year-old Thomas Young during 1780-81. He lived and fought in the South Carolina backcountry during America's Revolutionary War. His remarkable story exemplifies sacrifice, courage, and determination in the pursuit of liberty and in the founding of a new republic"--Provided by publisher.
Table of contents: title: A gathering storm; title: Learning the ropes; title: First engagement; title: Into the fray; title: Up the mountain; title: Bloody Tarleton; title: A cavalry charge; title: My seventeenth birthday; title: Captured; title: Liberty or death; title: War makes beasts of men; title: Epilogue.