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Author:

Malcolm, Joyce Lee.

Title:

Peter's war : a New England slave boy and the American Revolution / Joyce Lee Malcolm.

Publisher:

Yale University Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

xi, 253 p. : ill., map, plan ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Peter,--1763-1791 or 92.
Child slaves--Massachusetts--Biography.
African American boys--Massachusetts--Biography.
Farm life--Massachusetts--History--18th century.
Lincoln (Mass.)--Social life and customs--18th century.
Lincoln (Mass.)--Biography.
African American soldiers--Massachusetts--Biography.
Massachusetts--Participation, African American.--Revolution, 1775-1783--Participation, African American.
United States--Participation, African American.--Revolution, 1775-1783--Participation, African American.
New England--History--History--18th century.

Notes:

"A Caravan book"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references (p. [235]-241) and index.

Contents:

The hardship sale -- Growing pains -- The four horsemen -- In the crosshairs -- The killing -- Answering the call -- Another call, another answer -- Home fires and campfires -- The Ethiopian regiment -- A motherless child -- Getting back, getting even -- The year of possibilities -- Trials and tribulations -- An eye for an eye -- Free at last -- The winter soldier -- Final battles.

ISBN:

0300119305 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780300119305 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)223870082

LCCN:

2008037295

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)