Alfred F. Young seeks to shed some light on the American Revolution by telling the life of George Robert Twelves Hewes, a shoemaker, who fought for a better future in hopes of providing for his family. However how did a poor shoemaker end up being an essential character in several important events during the revolution? As well as, why had Hewes been granted a place in history when the majority of people from his social class have been forgotten?
Young “discovered Hewes through an inordinately large amount of print material about him that had survived through the years. The author organizes the events of the shoemaker's life in chronological order--his apprenticeship at a young age, his attempts to join the military, which failed because he
Young “discovered Hewes through an inordinately large amount of print material about him that had survived through the years. The author organizes the events of the shoemaker's life in chronological order--his apprenticeship at a young age, his attempts to join the military, which failed because he