Yankee Doodle and the Redcoats
Subtitle: soldiering in the Revolutionary War
By: Susan Provost Beller ; with illustrations by Larry Day.
Contributors: Day, Larry, 1956- ill.
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Brookfield, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 96
Subjects: United States. Continental Army -- Military life -- Juvenile literature.; Great Britain. Army -- Military life -- History -- 18th century -- Juvenile literature.; United States. Continental Army -- Military life.; Great Britain. Army -- Military life -- History -- 18th century.; Soldiers -- United States -- Social conditions -- 18th century -- Juvenile literature.; Soldiers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Soldiers.; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Personal narratives -- Juvenile literature.; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Social aspects -- Juvenile literature.; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Personal narratives.; United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Social aspects.
Genres: Juvenile literature.; Biography; Personal narratives; Personal narratives.; Social aspects.
Description: Using excerpts from diaries, letters, newspaper articles, and other primary sources, tells of the everyday lives of the soldiers who fought the Revolutionary War, for both the British and for the colonies.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 92) and index.
Table of contents: title: Patriot or Loyalist?; title: The soldiers from home: the Patriots and Loyalists; title: The soldiers from across the ocean; title: Life in a revolutionary camp; title: Disease and death in camp; title: On the march; title: Words from the field; title: Wounded or killed; title: Prisoner of war; title: The surrender at Yorktown; title: Winners and losers; title: Afterward: the Revolution today.