The Secret Soldier: The Story of Deborah Sampson
by:
Ann McGovern (author)
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780590321761 (0590321765)
Publish date: January 1st 1977
Publisher: Scholastic
Pages no: 63
Edition language: English
Written in short entertaining paragraphs which I can only assumed where formed from Deborah Sampson diary as the book states she kept one most of her life after she learned to read. Deborah was known to be a very smart child and as a adult even taught as a school teacher for a while until she became...
This came across as very odd to me.It's so short, with so many facts thrown in that it didn't feel like a story at all, more a summary of her life. Which, given the intended audience, seems rather an odd approach, as even to me the dry tone was uninteresting.However, in among the plain list of fact...
Written in short entertaining paragraphs which I can only assumed where formed from Deborah Sampson diary as the book states she kept one most of her life after she learned to read. Deborah was known to be a very smart child and as a adult even taught as a school teacher for a while until she became...