Acknowledgments
Foreword
Paul S. Boyer
Introduction
James Marten
Part I No Greater Distinction
1. Boy Soldiers of the American Revolution
Caroline Cox
2. Martha Jefferson and the American Revolution in Virginia
Cynthia A. Kierner
3. In Franklin’s Footsteps
Vincent DiGirolamo
Part II Finding a Place to Belong
4. French and American Childhoods
Martha Saxton
5. Growing up on the Middle Ground
Andrew K. Frank
6. A Child Shall Lead Them
Todd M. Brennemanvi
Part III Taking a Flying Leap
7. “A Few Thoughts in Vindication of Female Eloquence”
A. Kristen Foster
8. “Pictures of the Vicious ultimately overcome by misery and shame”
Gretchen A. Adams
Part IV A Hard World
9. Children of the Public
Nancy Zey
10. Schooling and Child Health in Antebellum New England
Rebecca R. Noel
Part V Documents
11. A Teenager Goes Visiting
Holly V. Izard and Caroline Fuller Sloat
12. “Though the Means Were Scanty”
Vincent DiGirolamo
13. A Stolen Life
James Marten
Questions for Consideration
Suggested Readings
Contributors
Index