Masquerade: The Life and Times of Deborah Sampson, Continental Soldier

Excellent book for anyone who is interested in a woman of Revolutionary War times who is mentioned in student history books and for whom there has been very little research previously published. I found Youngs discussion of how he arrived at his conclusions very interesting and I am not a history major. For someone who is not interested in that type of detail it would be easy to skim those sections and just find out about her life. It would also give people who have previously read other books or articles about Deborah Samson an opportunity to evaluate the accuracy of that material. I also would not be surprised if some of those who think they are not interested in historical research methods might find after reading the book they are more interested than they thought.

Interesting but a slow read

I was pleaserrd and amazed to discover this was a first edition and signed by the author.😀. Thanks.

Fascinating history. The author does an excellent job of teasing out what is fact, what is reasonable conjecture, and what is fable in the tales of this early American figure.

This book is well researched given the difficulties of getting accurate information from the past about someone who was not well known. It apparently inspired Alex Myers to write the book about Deborah Samson, "Revolutionary" which is a fictional story about her, very well done.

Quite good. A bit rumpled with use, but otherwise good.

Book author spends 20 pages of prologue critizing another author of fantasizing the story the he does the exact same thing.Seller OK but book awful

On time as advertised no issues