_I have walked that lonely field, stood where my father fell. I have felt his presence, and his valiant heart beats in me._ _My father, Benjamin Willson, was liberty's son. Because of his love for my mother and his extraordinary sacrifice, I came to be._ _Jacob Cooper, the man who raised me, calle
The Heart of Liberty (Liberty's Tavern)
โ Scribed by Fleming, Thomas
- Book ID
- 107898190
- Publisher
- New Word City, Inc.
- Year
- 2014
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 6 MB
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN-13
- 9781612305837
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
Now - for the first time in digital form - is Liberty Tavern, Thomas Fleming's New York Times bestselling novel hailed by one critic as "The Gone With the Wind of the American Revolution."
Told from the perspective of James, "Jemmy" Kemble, writing for his grandchildren, the opening of the book reads, "Let me caution in strictest terms against publishing what I write. The nation is not ready to face the truth about itself that an honest story of the Revolution must mirror."
Kemble thus recalls the great event of his life the upheaval that created the United States of America. His honest story unflinchingly depicts the panic and cowardice, the greed and brutality that were part of the war for independence. It also celebrates the Americans who struggled to cope with the chaos of a war most of them never wanted.
At the center of the drama are Liberty Tavern, on the main road between Perth Amboy and Philadelphia, and its enigmatic owner, Jonathan Gifford, ex-captain...
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