In Pursuit of Liberty: Coming of Age in the American Revolution Book

Acknowledgments ix

Prologue xi

Part I Witnessing the Revolution 1

1 Troubles in Boston 3

2 From Lexington to Cambridge 13

Part II Fighting the War of Independence 27

3 From New York to Trenton 29

4 From Philadelphia to Valley Forge 43

5 From Valley Forge to Savannah 55

6 From Savannah to King's Mountain 67

7 From Richmond to Yorktown 75

Part III Transatlantic Travelers 87

8 Boys at Sea 89

9 The Riedesel Girls on a Transatlantic Tour of Duty 105

10 John Quincy Adams on a Diplomatic Mission to Europe 119

Part IV At Liberty in a New Nation 133

11 Peace at Last 135

12 Fruits of Liberty 149

Selected Chronology of Events during the American Revolution 159

Notes 161

Bibliography 175

Index 183