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Private Yankee Doodle: Being a Narrative of Some of the Adventures, Dangers and Sufferings of a Revolutionary Soldier
Private Yankee Doodle Being a Narrative of Some of the Adventures Dangers and Sufferings of a Revolutionary Soldier Author:Joseph Plumb Martin Joseph Plumb Martin - "Private Yankee" Doodle" - recreates as no one else has ever done the daily life of the Revolutionary soldier. He withholds nothing of the hard times: the fright, pain, and death of battle . . . the grinding agony of marches without rest or sleep . . . the days of belly-twisting hunger. But he balances these dangers and suf... more »ferings with accounts of diversions - hunting, fishing, boxing - or pranks and frolics, and of encounters with an occasional sassy miss. This new edition has been widely hailed as a rediscovered gem of American history.« less