Here, in a story-poem about a drummer boy during the American Revolution, the distinguished poet and historian, Carl Carmer, has created a reading experience that resounds with spirit and humor. Based on historical fact, it tells about George Rogers Clark and his small volunteer army, who marched across the Illinois wetlands in the bitter winter of 1779 to retake Vincennes from the British. Told to the cadence of drumbeat patterns and folk expressions of early American soldiery, it exemplifies the author's deep commitment to literary creativity in the writing of history.

With illustrations, map, and an Introduction, it is a book for the whole family to share and enjoy.

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