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Table of Contents

1. Henry Knox - Artillery Chief

2. Benjamin Tallmadge - America’s First Spy Master

3. Friedrich Wilhelm von Steuben - Prussian Drill Master

4. James Monroe - Hero from Virginia

5. Nathanael Green - The Right Choice

6. Marquis de Lafayette - Boy General from France

7. Daniel Stockwell Jr. - Massachusetts Minuteman

8. Israel Putnam - Old Yankee General

9. John Stark - Live Free or Die

10. John Sullivan - Lawyer from New Hampshire

11. Alexander Hamilton - A Hamiltonian America

12. Thomas Knowlton - The First Army Ranger

13. Moses Stockwell - Little Brother Sees Three Surrenders

14. John Glover - Fisherman General

15. Tench Tilghman - Faithful Assistant

16. Benjamin Lincoln - Local Politician

17. Salem Poor - Recognized Courage

18. Abigail Adams - Remember the Ladies

19. Phillis Wheatley - Poetic Inspiration

20. Paul Revere - The Regulars Are Coming

21. Hymn Solomon - Prime Negotiator

22. Samuel Adams - Professional Revolutionary

23. Dr. Joseph Warren - Bunker Hill Martyr

24. William Prescott - The Whites of Their Eyes

25. John Peter Muhlenberg - The Fighting Preacher

26. Francis Marion - The Swamp Fox

27. John Hancock - The King Will Not Need Spectacles

28. James Otis - Sowing Seeds of the Revolution

29. Joseph Plumb Martin - Youngster for Freedom

30. Daniel Morgan - The Old Wagoner

31. John Paul Jones - I Have Not Yet Begun To Fight

32. George Rogers Clark - Conqueror of the Old Northwest

33. Mary Ludwig Hays - Molly Pitcher

Epilogue

Sources-Suggested Reading

Glossary

Index

Notes