A Girl Named Samson
by Amy Harmon
Deborah Samson was indentured to a family with eight boys until she was eighteen. She watched one boy after another go to fight in the War of Independence. She out-drilled and out-shot them before they went. Deborah wanted to fight and tried to enlist as a boy from her hometown. She was discovered and almost jailed. Later, she ran away to another town and enlisted as Samson. This time, she served over a year before disappearing with an honorable discharge. She marries a man she met while serving and lives happily ever after.
I enjoyed this book. It was inspired by the true story of Deborah Samson, who did serve in the War of Independence for over a year. She was not the only woman who dressed as a boy and fought in the war, but she was the only one who got a soldier's pension for doing so. The author strays from the facts considerably, but I thought her story was well-written and interesting. I found her descriptions of war vivid and believable. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in a good romance story that pulls you forward through it until the end.
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