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 Times
of Brother Jonathan:
WHAT HE ATE, DRANK, WORE, BELIEVED IN & USED
FOR MEDICINE DURING THE WAR OF INDEPENDENCE
By
"Soldier Historian"
DUDLEY C. GOULD
Hardcover; 6" x 9"; ISBN: 0-913337-40-4;
LC#: 00-069607;
336 pages; Bibliography; Index;
$30
retail
Excerpt from Times of Brother
Jonathan
"Gould
has done for Brother Jonathan what the late Bell Wiley did for Johnny Reb and
Billy Yank: he has humanized him. Times of Brother Jonathan is an important
contribution to the usually neglected human story behind the War of
Independence. Brother Jonathan, the GI Joe of the American Revolution, finally
receives his due in this thoroughly researched, well-written book."
-Dr.
Norman C. Delaney
Del Mar College,
Corpus Christi, Texas
Co-Author of Raiders and Blockaders:
The American Civil War Afloat
Times
of Brother Jonathan is not the story of what the GI Joe of the American War of
Independence did to earn our freedom. That story has been told many times.
Rather, for the first time, this is a book about what American freedom fighters
ate, drank, wore, believed in, and suffered from medically. These are the
factors that determined how they fought and won.
The
nickname Brother Jonathan was given to Yankee soldiers by Lieutenant General
George Washington when asked what his source would be for much needed war
materiel. He replied, "We must consult Brother Jonathan," meaning that
the enterprising governor of Connecticut, Jonathan Trumbull, would somehow
provide. Indeed, Connecticut became the main supply source for the Northern and
Middle Departments, and the sobriquet Brother Jonathan synonymous with a Yankee
soldier.
Times
of Brother Jonathan is a compilation of pertinent facts about conditions that
contributed to his fighting environment. Other books tell of his battles and
deprivations, as at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, and during the second winter at
Morristown, New Jersey.
But
Times of Brother Jonathan is about the soldier's daily life and the horrible
sicknesses, more dreaded than the British, that threatened him. This is the
necessary background material omitted from other histories of the War of
Independence, now thoroughly researched for and collected in this important
volume.
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