The book "How I Fought for Independence"

America's Founding Fathers were just about to write the Declaration of Independence, and 16-year-old Joseph Martin was already volunteering for that motley crew that called itself the Continental Army.

Joseph Martin's memoirs are the only text about the American Revolutionary War written by an ordinary soldier who went through it almost from the beginning to the very end. Bright short flashes of battles, and in between - long hungry everyday life, full of cold, disease and endless exhausting transitions. This is a story about how the naked and barefoot soldiers of a young state fight back against a well-trained and equipped imperial army. Because nothing is impossible when you defend your own.

Author: Joseph Plum Martin

Translation: Ivana Sinyepalova

Language of publication: Ukrainian

Year of publication: 2023

Number of pages: 272

Binding: Hardcover