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Ordinary Courage

by Joseph Plumb Martin

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This remarkable memoir is one of the most celebrated documents to emerge from the tumult of America's Revolutionary War. The ordinary and yet exceptional experiences of a young soldier in Washington's army are given a new life in this fourth edition, sensitively edited for a modern readership.

SoldiersPersonal narrativesBiographyHistoryUnited states, history, revolution, 1775-1783, personal narratives