Martin, Joseph Plumb. A Narrative of a Revolutionary Soldier: Some Adventures, Dangers, and Sufferings of Joseph Plumb Martin. Signet Classics. With a new afterword by William Chad Stanley. Here a private in the Continental Army of the Revolutionary War narrates his adventures in the army of a newborn country. Paperback. 6/1/2010. 288 pages. keywords: Military Personal Narratives. 9780451531582. Signet Classics