What is the author's perspective in the autobiography, A Young Patriot?

The text itself is primarily Murphy's own account of the Revolutionary War and of Joseph's life. Murphy's narrative is enlivened by quotations from Joseph's autobiographical accounts of the war, as well as several other written accounts of people's experiences during the war. The firsthand accounts of the action lend a sense of immediacy to circumstances, and make the Revolutionary War seem like a people's war, rather than an abstract historical event.