The Adventures of a Revolutionary Soldier
The Adventures of a Revolutionary Soldier

Author: Joseph Plumb Martin

Publisher: Good Press

Published: 2023-12-10

Total Pages: 200

ISBN-13:

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In 'The Adventures of a Revolutionary Soldier' by Joseph Plumb Martin, readers are taken on a unique journey through the American Revolutionary War. Written in a straightforward and sincere style, the book recounts the author's personal experiences as a soldier, providing insights into the daily struggles and triumphs of the American troops. Martin's narrative is a valuable firsthand account that offers a glimpse into the harsh realities of war and the sacrifices made by those who fought for independence. The book's vivid descriptions and Martin's candid voice make it a compelling and enlightening read for those interested in history and military narratives. Joseph Plumb Martin, a veteran of the American Revolutionary War, drew upon his own experiences to create this insightful memoir. His firsthand knowledge and personal perspective bring a sense of authenticity and depth to the book, making it a valuable historical document. Martin's dedication to documenting the events of the war and honoring the bravery of his fellow soldiers is evident throughout the narrative. I highly recommend 'The Adventures of a Revolutionary Soldier' to readers who are interested in firsthand accounts of the American Revolutionary War. Martin's memoir provides a unique and important perspective on this pivotal period in history, offering a valuable insight into the experiences of those who fought for American independence.

The Adventures of a Soldier's Wife
The Adventures of a Soldier's Wife

Author: Joe P. Plant

Publisher: Paragon Publishing

Published: 2016-06-22

Total Pages: 462

ISBN-13: 1782224467

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IRELAND -  INDIA -  ENGLAND1915 – 1974A story based on the memoirs of Pte. Sarah Kathleen CunninghamA TRILOGY– entrusted to and written by Joe P. Plant1915. The true story of a young Irish Coleen. Sarah, eldest daughter of the Cunningham family. Exasperated by the drudgery of her home life, volunteers to serve in the Army. An adventure which is to change the course of her future life. Demobbed in 1919. Meets, falls in love with a young veteran of the war, her Gallant Sergeant Jack Plant. They court; due to the Troubles their marriage is almost a disaster, but that’s just the beginning? Seven postings later, a posting to India.1929 they sail to Bombay. Breakfast in the Taj Mahal gives Sarah a false image of her future life? After a four-day train journey, arrive in Nowshera. Sarah inherits 28 servants who only speak Urdu. During her stay Sarah endures loneliness, despair, illness, miscarriages, a birth, frightening escapades of her tribe, wild animals, the king cobra, visits to hill stations, a chance meeting with Kitty – a lifelong friendship provides amusement. They return to Blighty, the birth and death of Peter, more babies. Jack’s demobilisation; due to the pending war, his recall. Later a traumatic period, evacuation, her eldest daughter Mary contracts TB. During the London Blitz bombed out, necessitates a move to a Lancashire cotton town. Her eldest son is sent to the war in Burma. They return to a devastated London and rationing. What will happen next?

The Young Lieutenant; or, The Adventures of an Army Officer
The Young Lieutenant; or, The Adventures of an Army Officer

Author: Oliver Optic

Publisher: DigiCat

Published: 2022-09-15

Total Pages: 230

ISBN-13:

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The Young Lieutenant follows the life of young Lieutenant Somers, an army officer in Massachusetts who suddenly gets in a deadly train crash. Excerpt: "If Lieutenant Somers needs any further introduction to the reader, we may briefly add, that he was a native of Pinchbrook, a town near Boston, in the State of Massachusetts. He was now entering his eighteenth year, and had enlisted in the great army of the Union as a private, with an earnest and patriotic desire to serve his imperiled country in her death-grapple with treason and traitors."

The Memory of the Civil War in American Culture
The Memory of the Civil War in American Culture

Author: Alice Fahs

Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press

Published: 2005-10-12

Total Pages: 297

ISBN-13: 0807875813

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The Civil War retains a powerful hold on the American imagination, with each generation since 1865 reassessing its meaning and importance in American life. This volume collects twelve essays by leading Civil War scholars who demonstrate how the meanings of the Civil War have changed over time. The essays move among a variety of cultural and political arenas--from public monuments to parades to political campaigns; from soldiers' memoirs to textbook publishing to children's literature--in order to reveal important changes in how the memory of the Civil War has been employed in American life. Setting the politics of Civil War memory within a wide social and cultural landscape, this volume recovers not only the meanings of the war in various eras, but also the specific processes by which those meanings have been created. By recounting the battles over the memory of the war during the last 140 years, the contributors offer important insights about our identities as individuals and as a nation. Contributors: David W. Blight, Yale University Thomas J. Brown, University of South Carolina Alice Fahs, University of California, Irvine Gary W. Gallagher, University of Virginia J. Matthew Gallman, University of Florida Patrick J. Kelly, University of Texas, San Antonio Stuart McConnell, Pitzer College James M. McPherson, Princeton University Joan Waugh, University of California, Los Angeles LeeAnn Whites, University of Missouri Jon Wiener, University of California, Irvine

The Military Memoir and Romantic Literary Culture, 1780–1835
The Military Memoir and Romantic Literary Culture, 1780–1835

Author: Neil Ramsey

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2016-12-05

Total Pages: 284

ISBN-13: 1351885677

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Examining the memoirs and autobiographies of British soldiers during the Romantic period, Neil Ramsey explores the effect of these as cultural forms mediating warfare to the reading public during and immediately after the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. Forming a distinct and commercially successful genre that in turn inspired the military and nautical novels that flourished in the 1830s, military memoirs profoundly shaped nineteenth-century British culture's understanding of war as Romantic adventure, establishing images of the nation's middle-class soldier heroes that would be of enduring significance through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. As Ramsey shows, the military memoir achieved widespread acclaim and commercial success among the reading public of the late Romantic era. Ramsey assesses their influence in relation to Romantic culture's wider understanding of war writing, autobiography, and authorship and to the shifting relationships between the individual, the soldier, and the nation. The memoirs, Ramsey argues, participated in a sentimental response to the period's wars by transforming earlier, impersonal traditions of military memoirs into stories of the soldier's personal suffering. While the focus on suffering established in part a lasting strand of anti-war writing in memoirs by private soldiers, such stories also helped to foster a sympathetic bond between the soldier and the civilian that played an important role in developing ideas of a national war and functioned as a central component in a national commemoration of war.