Cloaked in Courage

Uncovering Deborah Sampson, Patriot Soldier

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  • The
  • remarkable
  • story
  • of
  • Deborah
  • Sampson,
  • a
  • woman
  • who
  • fought
  • in
  • the
  • American
  • Revolution
  • disguised
  • as
  • a
  • man—and
  • who
  • ends
  • up
  • finding
  • her
  • true
  • identity
  • and
  • purpose
  • in
  • life.Deborah
  • Sampson
  • didn’t
  • like
  • being
  • told
  • what
  • to
  • do,
  • especially
  • by
  • the
  • King
  • of
  • England.
  • Fiercely
  • independent,
  • 18-year-old
  • Deborah
  • enlists
  • as
  • Robert
  • Shurtliff
  • in
  • George
  • Washington’s
  • Continental
  • Army
  • to
  • fight
  • for
  • her
  • country’s
  • independence.
  • But
  • being
  • a
  • soldier
  • is
  • hard,
  • dangerous
  • work.
  • Can
  • she
  • fight
  • for
  • her
  • country
  • and
  • keep
  • her
  • identity
  • a
  • secret?
  • Can
  • she
  • also
  • discover
  • who
  • she
  • really
  • is
  • and
  • find
  • her
  • true
  • purpose?
  • This
  • unbelievable
  • story
  • from
  • American
  • history
  • about
  • a
  • woman
  • with
  • a
  • rebel
  • spirit
  • will
  • inspire
  • and
  • enlighten
  • young
  • readers.“Cloaked
  • in
  • Courage
  • is
  • inspiring
  • storytelling
  • centering
  • the
  • life
  • and
  • actions
  • of
  • a
  • brave
  • woman
  • and
  • soldier,
  • Deborah
  • Sampson.
  • Anderson’s
  • contribution
  • brings
  • to
  • light
  • a
  • lesser-known
  • hero
  • in
  • history
  • and
  • emphasizes
  • the
  • importance
  • of
  • historical
  • investigation
  • and
  • research.”
  • —Lori
  • Ann
  • Terjesen,
  • director
  • of
  • education,
  • National
  • Women’s
  • History Museum
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