In the annals of history, there are tales of courage, sacrifice, and unwavering devotion to the cause of liberty. The Herkimer Affairs is one such story-a testament to the indomitable spirit of the Mohawk Valley and its residents during the tumultuous days of the American Revolution. Through the pages of this book, we journey back in time to a land gripped by conflict, where ordinary men and women rose to become heroes in the crucible of war. Led...

When a hurricane threatens the only home she has ever known, a girl and her grandmother must work together to save what they can. During the storm they take refuge in a cave, as the island suffers a direct hit from the storm. She and her grandmother form a bond and her grandmother shares stories of her life in Scotland, before they came to the island. They are alone on the island for weeks waiting on the girl's father and his men to return. The aftermath...

Through his struggles before, during, and after the Revolutionary War, the well-respected Judge Ogden of the highly regarded Ogden family had to resolve differences, both in his outward appearance and inside of his head. Trying to be balanced in judging his response to the Stamp Act and leaving his high position in the New Jersey Legislature gave him pause to his usefulness in the oncoming war. Detached from his cherished church and removed from the...

Not every immigrant sailed willingly to America...Ivy O'Neill's idyllic childhood ends in disaster in 1690 when red-coated soldiers cross the Celtic Sea to invade Ireland. While the O'Neill family struggles to survive on the Irish coast, George Stokely is building a life in the British Colony of Maryland. All he needs to make his Chesapeake tobacco farm thrive is more help. The Indenture of Ivy O'Neill is an immersive story of courage, the meaning...

Storm of the Shawnee is a sequel to Stephen Challis' Wildcat Mountain; set 5 years after the battle of Blue Licks, William and Becky have married and have a 5-year-old son, Billy. They have settled in the small outpost of Little Mountain in the Virginia County of Kentucky. While attending a wedding for frontier scout, Simon Kenton, William and Becky have their son kidnapped in a raid by the Shawnee Chief, Blue Jacket, bringing the War on the Frontier...

At the height of the American Revolution, seventeen-year-old Rachel must flee her home in New York City to escape the imminent British invasion. She settles with her aunt and uncle in Philadelphia, which is still free, but will soon fall into enemy hands. There, an old friend from New York, Alexander Hamilton, approaches her and asks her to become an American spy. Rachel chooses Captain John André, a high-ranking British officer, as her target....

Maryland, 1776Prosper Creale has enough to deal with in wrenching enough out of his farm to keep his family fed and healthy in the face of the disruptions of the American Revolution. Then God speaks to him, and the radical teachings of a traveling preacher lead him to join in the nascent abolitionist movement, a path that could lead to destruction… or salvation. The Word takes us to Maryland as part of the Tales From a Revolution series, in which...

You are invited to travel by horse with the General, stay in his quarters, hear what he thinks, weigh upon his decisions, listen to his prayers, and fight by his side. Sometimes he will sound redundant. You will realize this is because many of the problems he faced were repetitive. Sometimes there will be little action. This will bother you. Please keep in mind, it bothered him more. You will see him in anguish and distress. You will experience his...

Set during the Golden Age of Pirates and the shadowy aftermath of the Salem witch trials, this vivid literary debut is inspired by the captivating true story of real-life pirate Samuel Bellamy, combining high seas adventure, star-crossed longing, surprisingly timely questions about social justice and freedom, and the emotionally satisfying tale of one strong-willed young woman determined to choose her own path… 1715, Eastham, Massachusetts: As...

The Wings of Destiny is the story of the bald eagle which became the United states' national emblem.It is a fact-based historical tale depicting everyday life and events in North America near the end of the American Revolution.The raptor's adventures will take it from West to East coast during one of the worst winter ever in America, in the reverse direction of Manifest Destiny.On her long quest, she will encounter French « coureurs des bois »,...