A YANKEE MUSKET

by Hildreth T. Wriston ‧ RELEASE DATE: Aug. 9, 1959

A story of Vermont during the American Revolution, A Yankee Musket takes as its hero, twelve-year-old Stephen Tuttle. A vehement patriot, Stephen waits eagerly for the day, when, trusted with is own rifle, he can face the glories of war like a man. But to Stephen, war becomes a matter of complex human emotion--his ambivalence toward a Tory boy, the sudden assumption of a man's role when his father is captured, the ever impinging awareness that ally or enemy, the component parts of an army are human beings. Good adventure mingles with a firm sense of history and character in this book by the author of Hills Farm and Show Lamb.

Pub Date: Aug. 9, 1959

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Abingdon

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 1, 1959

Categories: FICTION