LEADER 02977pam 2200433 a 4500001 ocm14718932 005 20141212020554.0 008 861030s1987 nyuac j b 001 0 eng 010 86047846 020 069004643X (lib. bdg.) : |c$12.89 020 0690046413 : |c$11.95 035 (Sirsi) o14718932 035 (OCoLC)14718932 040 DLC |cDLC |dERE |dUtOrBLW 043 n-us---e-uk--- 049 EREE 050 00 E208 |b.A445 1987 082 0 973.3 |219 092 973.3 AM3577 245 04 The American revolutionaries : |ba history in their own words, 1750-1800 / |cedited by Milton Meltzer. 250 1st ed. 260 New York : |bCrowell, |c©1987. 300 xii, 210 pages : |billustrations, portraits ; |c24 cm 336 text |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |2rdamedia 338 volume |2rdacarrier 500 Includes index. 504 Bibliography: p. 201-203. 505 0 They cry out for home -- Whipped like an animal -- The men were so panic struck -- I believe liberty is the slave's right -- We are not bound to yield obedience -- Seventeen hundred Levellers with firearms -- Nothing can eradicate the seeds of liberty -- A Tea Party -- You damned rebels -- Against great odds -- A town under siege -- Did Polly set the sponge for the bread? -- I believe this year will decide the fate of America -- 'Tis time to part -- Remember the ladies! -- We hold these truths -- A fortunate retreat -- We pounced upon the Hessians like an eagle -- My brave fellows, your country is at stake -- We cannot kill our fellowmen -- Turning point -- The times that try men's souls -- Death ceased to terrify -- Black bravery -- War in Indian country -- Death is a daily visitor -- I'm not afraid of the cannonballs -- They are crying for quarter! -- It was a mutiny -- The people have become savage -- The true sovereign -- Be bold and daring -- We beamed with joy -- Never a good war or a bad peace -- A band of brothers -- This country has so many charms -- We, the people of the United States -- A Bill of Rights. 520 Letters, diaries, memoirs, interviews, ballads, newspaper articles, and speeches depict life and events in the American colonies in the second half of the eighteenth century, with an emphasis on the years of the Revolutionary War. 651 0 United States |xHistory |yRevolution, 1775-1783. |=^A23314 651 0 United States |xHistory |yFrench and Indian War, 1754-1763 |vJuvenile literature. |=^A16947 651 0 United States |xHistory |yConfederation, 1783-1789 |vJuvenile literature. |=^A31244 651 0 United States |xSocial life and customs |yRevolutionary period, 1775-1783. |=^A8658 700 1 Meltzer, Milton, |d1915-2009. |=^A542740 919 BOOK 596 1 998 300538