As the Revolutionary War Heats up, a Boy's Hometown World Burns Down! 1777 - Danbury on Fire! is an all-ages historical novel of the Revolution. From dinner party to disaster, the reader follows a boy through the days surrounding the British raid on a small-town Connecticut Patriot commissary. From dinner party to decapitation, 13-year-old Joe Hamilton rushes from one disaster to the next until he faces the flames - and freezes to a stop, knowing he's coward. Joe's extended family has split over the war: his Patriot grandfather has threatened Joe's pacifist father with jail for not enlisting. Now the redcoat invasion forces all characters to abandon their beliefs and protect their families from the consequences of their own acts. Snips from historical documents seeded through the text prove the truth of the fact-driven plot. From British generals to the put-upon Tory neighbor and his overworked daughter, real people do exactly what they did in April of 1777. A bibliography is included, plus the characters' lives after the war. Whether you wonder about the lives of your ancestors or want to relive classics like Johnny Tremaine, this book surrounds fact with the caustic commentary of young Joe, who figures out fast that he'd better listen hard or someone might die. Click "Read Inside" - then click to buy ebook or paperback!

1777 - Danbury on Fire!

Children's Books

Hughes, M. H.B.

Literature & Fiction

Millicent Hughes

AS THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION HEATS UP, THE HAMILTON FAMILY MELTS DOWN! JOE HAMILTON, 13, JUST WANTS DECENT SHOES, BUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN HIS FATHER AND GRANDFATHER CALL EACH OTHER TRAITORS! The Hamilton family are Patriot to the bone, except for Joe's pacifist parents. Is this war right or wrong? Warned not to mix into rebel business, Joe dives headfirst into everyone's business, investigating a war that's barely started and way underfunded. Every Patriot failing revealed by Joe's hero, Lambert Lockwood, sounds like a horrible miscalculation. When Joe's adult cousin says he will hide if the British come, Joe has about had it! Both accident and planning slowly compel Joe to control his own life - and to do his best to manage everyone else's! Will it be the Liberty Boys' tar and feathers for Joe's father or the British hangman's noose for his Patriot grandfather? Famous figures abound in this four-day dash from disaster to disaster: <ul>
<li>Gen. William Tryon (star of TV's Outlander series)</li> <li>Enoch Crosby (star of James Fenimore Cooper's The Spy
</li> <li>Gen. Benedict Arnold ('Nuf said!)
</li> </ul>
This intricate braid of facts brings the reader closer to little-known aspects of the Revolutionary period <ul>
<li>Bounties paid (or not) to lure young boys into soldiery</li> <li>The artificer corp hidden in a valley near Danbury</li> <li>The Patriot Commissary's tempting stash of guns</li> <li>The smallpox threat terrorizing the population into inhuman deeds</li> </ul>
Oh, yes the redcoats are coming. They seem nice. Especially one. Maybe way too nice.... When things get hot, Joe runs home ... the very last place he should be. If you liked Johnny Tremaine or My Brother Sam is Dead you'll love this book! Check out the inside flap to meet Joe Hamilton, a boy with some heavy family issues!

Genre Fiction

Gatekeeper Press

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1777 - Danbury on Fire!

1777 - Danbury on Fire!