Ordinary Courage : The Revolutionary War Adventures of Joseph Plumb Martin

Author: Martin, James Kirby

Humanities

Published on 1 June 2012 by John Wiley and Sons Ltd (Wiley-Blackwell (an imprint of John Wiley & Sons L).

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.

Classic primary source on the Revolutionary WarEdited by a leading US authority on the periodNow with extra maps and a more extensive bibliographyIncludes a new Afterword by Karen Guenther on film portrayals of the continental soldier