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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword -- Introduction -- 1. Boy Soldiers of the American Revolution -- 2. Martha Jefferson and the American Revolution in Virginia -- 3. In Franklin's Footsteps -- 4. French and American Childhoods -- 5. Growing up on the Middle Ground -- 6. A Child Shall Lead Them -- 7. "A Few Thoughts in Vindication of Female Eloquence" -- 8. "Pictures of the Vicious ultimately overcome by misery and shame" -- 9. Children of the Public -- 10. Schooling and Child Health in Antebellum New England -- 11. A Teenager Goes Visiting -- 12. "Though the Means Were Scanty" -- 13. A Stolen Life Excerpts from the Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave, Written by Himself (1847) -- Questions for Consideration -- Suggested Readings -- About the Contributors -- Index

Five historians—each an expert on a specific era and issue related to veterans—were asked to ponder the following questions: 1. What are the most important questions explored by historians in veterans studies? 2. What are the books that have been most useful to your particular area of interest in veterans studies? 3. How can the history of veterans help us understand larger cultural, social, and economic issues during the time periods in which the veterans you study lived? 4. What are the particular contributions that a historic sensibility can bring to the study of veterans of any war? 5. How is the study of "historical" veterans relevant to the experiences of veterans of modern wars and the civilians with whom they interact? 6. What topics in the history of American veterans still need to be explored? Their answers—lightly edited and in some cases shortened to avoid redundancy and maintain a semblance of symmetry—cover a wide range of issues.