Table of Contents
List of illustrations and maps
Prologue: “A lively comely young nymph. . . dressing in mans apparal has been discovered”
PART ONE: DEBORAH SAMSON
1. Deborah
2. The Rebel
PART TWO: “ROBERT SHURTLIFF”
3. The Continental Army
4. The Light Infantryman
5. The Generals Waiter
PART THREE: “THE CELEBRATED MRS. GANNETT”
6. A Gannett in Sharon
7. A Gannett on Tour
PART FOUR: “OLD SOLDIER”
8. Public Woman
9. Private Woman
PART FIVE: PASSING INTO HISTORY
10. Genteel and Plebian
11. Lost and Found
Epilogue: The Seagull
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index