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John Ruddiman puts the history of manhood at the center of his well-written, fresh look at the American Revolution. He presents the challenges and opportunities that the war offered the young men serving under General George Washington. In addition, he persuasively argues that the consequences for these soldiers resonate with the problems modern veterans still face today.--Lisa Wilson, Connecticut College, author of Ye Heart of a Man: The Domestic Life of Men in Colonial New England

By reading the journals, letters, pension narratives, and memoirs of Continental soldiers in light of the life-course expectations and strategies of eighteenth-century men, John Ruddiman brilliantly illuminates the hopes, experiences, and disappointments of the Revolutionary generation. Anyone interested in learning what American Independence meant to the men who risked their lives to achieve it could do no better than to start with this eloquent, moving book.--Fred Anderson, University of Colorado at Boulder, author of Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754 1766

By reading the journals, letters, pension narratives, and memoirs of Continental soldiers in light of the life-course expectations and strategies of eighteenth-century men, John Ruddiman brilliantly illuminates the hopes, experiences, and disappointments of the Revolutionary generation. Anyone interested in learning what American Independence meant to the men who risked their lives to achieve it could do no better than to start with this eloquent, moving book.--Fred Anderson, University of Colorado at Boulder, author of Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754-1766 John Ruddiman puts the history of manhood at the center of his well-written, fresh look at the American Revolution. He presents the challenges and opportunities that the war offered the young men serving under General George Washington. In addition, he persuasively argues that the consequences for these soldiers resonate with the problems modern veterans still face today.--Lisa Wilson, Connecticut College, author of Ye Heart of a Man: The Domestic Life of Men in Colonial New England By reading the journals, letters, pension narratives, and memoirs of Continental soldiers in light of the life-course expectations and strategies of eighteenth-century men, John Ruddiman brilliantly illuminates the hopes, experiences, and disappointments of the Revolutionary generation. Anyone interested in learning what American Independence meant to the men who risked their lives to achieve it could do no better than to start with this eloquent, moving book.--Fred Anderson, University of Colorado at Boulder, author of Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754 1766 John Ruddiman puts the history of manhood at the center of his well-written, fresh look at the American Revolution. He presents the challenges and opportunities that the war offered the young men serving under General George Washington. In addition, he persuasively argues that the consequences for these soldiers resonate with the problems modern veterans still face today.--Lisa Wilson, Connecticut College, author of Ye Heart of a Man: The Domestic Life of Men in Colonial New England

[Ruddiman] actually provides an important reminder about the men who committed to fight directly for Washington in the War for Independence...Making excellent use of primary documents, Ruddiman allows the soldiers themselves to tell most of the story. --Steven C Eames, Mount Ida College The Historian By reading the journals, letters, pension narratives, and memoirs of Continental soldiers in light of the life-course expectations and strategies of eighteenth-century men, John Ruddiman brilliantly illuminates the hopes, experiences, and disappointments of the Revolutionary generation. Anyone interested in learning what American Independence meant to the men who risked their lives to achieve it could do no better than to start with this eloquent, moving book.--Fred Anderson, University of Colorado at Boulder, author of Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754-1766 John Ruddiman puts the history of manhood at the center of his well-written, fresh look at the American Revolution. He presents the challenges and opportunities that the war offered the young men serving under General George Washington. In addition, he persuasively argues that the consequences for these soldiers resonate with the problems modern veterans still face today.--Lisa Wilson, Connecticut College, author of Ye Heart of a Man: The Domestic Life of Men in Colonial New England By reading the journals, letters, pension narratives, and memoirs of Continental soldiers in light of the life-course expectations and strategies of eighteenth-century men, John Ruddiman brilliantly illuminates the hopes, experiences, and disappointments of the Revolutionary generation. Anyone interested in learning what American Independence meant to the men who risked their lives to achieve it could do no better than to start with this eloquent, moving book.--Fred Anderson, University of Colorado at Boulder, author of Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754 1766 John Ruddiman puts the history of manhood at the center of his well-written, fresh look at the American Revolution. He presents the challenges and opportunities that the war offered the young men serving under General George Washington. In addition, he persuasively argues that the consequences for these soldiers resonate with the problems modern veterans still face today.--Lisa Wilson, Connecticut College, author of Ye Heart of a Man: The Domestic Life of Men in Colonial New England

By reading the journals, letters, pension narratives, and memoirs of Continental soldiers in light of the life-course expectations and strategies of eighteenth-century men, John Ruddiman brilliantly illuminates the hopes, experiences, and disappointments of the Revolutionary generation. Anyone interested in learning what American Independence meant to the men who risked their lives to achieve it could do no better than to start with this eloquent, moving book.--Fred Anderson, University of Colorado at Boulder, author of Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754-1766

By reading the journals, letters, pension narratives, and memoirs of Continental soldiers in light of the life-course expectations and strategies of eighteenth-century men, John Ruddiman brilliantly illuminates the hopes, experiences, and disappointments of the Revolutionary generation. Anyone interested in learning what American Independence meant to the men who risked their lives to achieve it could do no better than to start with this eloquent, moving book.</p>--Fred Anderson, University of Colorado at Boulder, author of <i>Crucible of War: The Seven Years' War and the Fate of Empire in British North America, 1754 1766</i>

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John A. Ruddiman is Assistant Professor of History at Wake Forest University, USA.

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