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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 1: A–J
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.
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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
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