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Profiles sixty men and women who were key players on the British or American side of the American Revolution, from John Adams, who became the second president, to Eliza Wilkinson, who wrote of the day British soldiers looted her South Carolina home.
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American Revolution Biographies Volume 2: K–Z American Revolution Biographies Linda Schmittroth and Mary Kay Rosteck Stacy A. McConnell, Editor American Revolution: Biographies Linda Schmittroth and Mary Kay Rosteck Staff Stacy McConnell, U•X•L Editor Judy Galens, U•X•L Contributing Editor Carol DeKane Nagel, U•X•L Managing Editor Thomas L. Romig, U•X•L Publisher Margaret Chamberlain, Permissions Specialist (Pictures) Rita Wimberley, Senior Buyer Evi Seoud, Assistant Production Manager Dorothy Maki, Manufacturing Manager Tracey Rowens, Senior Art Director LM Design, Typesetting Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Schmittroth, Linda American Revolution : biographies / Linda Schmittroth and Mary Kay Rosteck ; edited by Stacy McConnell. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary: Profiles sixty men and women who were key players on the British or American side of the American Revolution. ISBN 0-7876-3792-0 (set) — ISBN 0-7876-3793-9 (v. 1). — ISBN 0-78763794-7 (v. 2) 1. United States—History—Revolution, 1775-1783—Biography—Juvenile literature. [1. United States—History—Revolution, 1775-1783—Biography.] I. Rosteck, Mary Kay. II. McConnell, Stacy A. III. Title. E206 .S36 2000 973.3’092’2—dc21 99-046941 CIP This publication is a creative work fully protected by all applicable copyright laws, as well as by misappropriation, trade secret, unfair competition, and other applicable laws. The authors and editors of this work have added value to the underlying factual material herein thr