Following the Drum: Women at the Valley Forge Encampment Contributor(s): Loane, Nancy K. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1640123091 ISBN-13: 9781640123090 Publisher: Potomac Books OUR PRICE: $19.76 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2020 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) - Social Science | Women's Studies |
Dewey: 973.334 |
LCCN: 2022435337 |
Physical Information: 0.52" H x 6" W x 9" (0.74 lbs) 228 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Geographic Orientation - Pennsylvania |
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Publisher Description:
Friday, December 19, 1777, dawned cold and windy. Fourteen thousand Continental Army soldiers tramped from dawn to dusk along the rutted Pennsylvania roads from Gulph Mills to Valley Forge, the site of their winter encampment. The soldiers' arrival was followed by the army's wagons and hundreds of camp women. Following the Drum tells the story of the forgotten women who spent the winter of 1777-78 with the Continental Army at Valley Forge--from those on society's lowest rungs to ladies on the upper echelons. Nancy K. Loane is a former seasonal ranger at Valley Forge National Park, a founding member of the American Revolution Round Table of Philadelphia, and an honorary lifetime member of the Society of the Descendants of Washington's Army at Valley Forge. She lives in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. |