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Simon & Schuster
February 2015
On Sale: January 20, 2015
Featuring: Deborah Sampson
320 pages
ISBN: 145166334X
EAN: 9781451663341
Kindle: B00BSAZ6SM
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At a time when rigid societal norms seemed absolute, Deborah
Sampson risked everything in search of something better.
Revolutionary, Alex Myers’s richly imagined and carefully
researched debut novel, tells the story of a fierce-tempered
young woman turned celebrated solider and the remarkable
courage, hope, fear, and heartbreak that shaped her odyssey
during the birth of a nation. After years of indentured servitude in a sleepy
Massachusetts town, Deborah chafes under the oppression of
colonial society and cannot always hide her discontent. When
a sudden crisis forces her hand, she decides to escape the
only way she can, rejecting her place in the community in
favor of the perilous unknown. Cutting her hair, binding her chest, and donning men’s
clothes stolen from a neighbor, Deborah sheds her name and
her home, beginning her identity-shaking transformation into
the imaginary “Robert Shurtliff”—a desperate and dangerous
masquerade that grows more serious when “Robert” joins the
Continental Army. What follows is a journey through America’s War of
Independence like no other—an unlikely march through cold
winters across bloody battlefields, the nightmare of combat
and the cruelty of betrayal, the elation of true love and
the tragedy of heartbreak.
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