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02580aam a2200433 a 4500 001 EA8867B811BE11E693E905BEDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160504010202 008 151014s2016 ncu b s001 0 eng c 010 $a 2015039985 020 $a 1469627531 020 $a 9781469627533 (hardcover) 040 $a NcU/DLC $b eng $e rda $c NcU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us--- 050 00 $a UB418.C45 $b C69 2016 082 00 $a 973.3/4083 $2 23 100 1 $a Cox, Caroline, $d 1954-2014, $e author. 245 10 $a Boy soldiers of the American Revolution / $c Caroline Cox ; with a foreword by Robert Middlekauff. 260 $a Chapel Hill : $b The University of North Carolina Press, $c 2016. 263 $a 1604 300 $a 211 pages ; $c 23 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Introduction: As well as I can recollect -- Answer the purpose -- A strong desire to enlist -- My father caused me to enlist -- He took his father's place -- Fellow citizens. 520 $a "Between 1819 and 1845, as veterans of the Revolutionary War were filing applications to receive pensions for their service, the government was surprised to learn that many of the soldiers were not men, but boys, many of whom were under the age of sixteen, and some even as young as nine. In Boy Soldiers of the American Revolution, Caroline Cox reconstructs the lives and stories of this young subset of early American soldiers, focusing on how these boys came to join the army and what they actually did in service. Giving us a rich and unique glimpse into colonial childhood, Cox traces the evolution of youth in American culture in the late eighteenth century, as the accepted age for children to participate meaningfully in society--not only in the military--was rising dramatically"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Child soldiers $z United States $x History $y 18th century. 650 0 $a Children $z United States $x Social life and customs $y 18th century. 651 0 $a United States $x Participation, Juvenile. $y Revolution, 1775-1783 $x Participation, Juvenile. 700 1 $a Middlekauff, Robert, $e writer of foreword. 941 $a 8 952 $l GBPF771 $d 20201202011825.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006095145.0 952 $l UQAX771 $d 20170302014517.0 952 $l PWAX296 $d 20160915010815.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826051451.0 952 $l YSPD232 $d 20160803012210.0 952 $l PNAX964 $d 20160621011109.0 952 $l WSPF215 $d 20160607011300.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=EA8867B811BE11E693E905BEDAD10320Initiate Another SILO Locator Search