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Discusses the early battles of the Revolutionary War, beginning with the appointment of George Washington as commander of the newly…
formed Continental army. Examines the British army's advantages during the invasion of New York City and asserts that Washington's tactics revived the spirit of the revolution. For grades 4-7. 2010Saint Patrick's Battalion: A Novel
By James Alexander Thom. 2006
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Private John Riley and scores of fellow Catholic immigrants desert the army and defect to the Mexican side during the…
1846 war. Camp boy Padraic Quinn keeps a diary recalling the prejudice and abuse they suffered at the hands of Protestant officers--and the resulting mutiny. Violence and strong language. 2006Green Hands
By Barbara Whitton. 2020
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It is 1943, and a month into their service as Land Girls, Bee, Anne and Pauline are dispatched to a…
remote farm in rural Scotland. Here they are introduced to the realities of 'lending a hand on the land', as back-breaking work and inhospitable weather mean they struggle to keep their spirits high.Soon one of the girls falters, and Bee and Pauline receive a new posting to a Northumberland dairy farm. Detailing their friendship, daily struggles and romantic intrigues with a lightness of touch, Barbara Whitton's autobiographical novel paints a sometimes funny, sometimes bleak picture of time spent in the Women's Land Army during the Second World War."Tales from the home front are always more authentic when written from personal experience, as is the case here. Barbara Whitton evokes the highs and lows, joys and agonies of being a Land Girl in the Second World War." -- Julie Summers"Witty, warm and hugely endearing, Barbara Whitton s Green Hands is full of engaging characters, burgeoning friendships and pure hard-graft. A lovely novel for anyone interested in wartime Britain, it leaves the reader with renewed admiration for the indefatigable work of the Women s Land Army." --AJ Pearce(P)2020 Headline Publishing Group Limited