Includes bibliographical references (pages 126-128) and index
Offers stories about thirty events and heroes of the Revolutionary War, including litle-known episodes from America's early history
Revolutionary War Timeline -- Martyrs of a Massacre or Victims of a Propaganda Ploy? -- Before Lexington and Concord: The Real First Shots -- Turning an Insult Against the Insulter -- How Well Could the Minutemen Shoot? -- The Pen Is Mightier Than the Sword -- It Took a Good Snow -- The Lowly Palmetto Defeats the Royal Oak -- The Reluctant Author -- The Patriotic Political Parson -- A Little-Known Signer -- Another Midnight Ride -- Blue Coat or Red? -- Legendary Long Rifles -- What Washington Really Said While Crossing the Delaware -- The Posthumous Prisoner of War -- The Loyal Leg -- "I Have Not Yet Begun to Fight" or Words to That Effect -- Cussin' in German Does No Good -- Nimham's Indian Company -- Gateway to Hell -- Delaware Daredevil -- A Little Stroll -- Sharks in the Harbor -- The Georgia War Woman -- The Meanest Man in America -- The Old Wagon Driver -- I Can Fire a Cannon at It If I Want-It's My House -- The Battle of the Bluffs -- Roman Legionnaires Aid the Patriots -- Worms Won the War for the Patriots -- A Potpourri of Revolutionary War Facts