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Author Arvin, Nick, author.

Title Mad boy : an account of Henry Phipps in the War of 1812 : a novel / Nick Arvin.

Publication Info. New York, N.Y. : Europa Editions , 2018.

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Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Basement Materials  ARVIN, NICK    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  F ARVIN, N.    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Adult Fiction  FIC ARVIN    Check Shelf
Description 236 pages : map ; 21 cm.
Summary Young Henry Phipps is on a quest to realize his dying mother's last wish: to be buried at sea, surrounded by her family. Not an easy task considering Henry's ne'er-do-well father is in debtor's prison and his comically earnest older brother is busy fighting the red coats on the battlefields of Maryland. But Henry's stubborn determination knows no bounds. As he dodges the cannon fire of clashing armies and picks among the ruins of a burning capital he meets looters, British defectors, renegade slaves, a pregnant maiden in distress, and scoundrels of all types. Mad Boy is at once an antic adventure and a thoroughly convincing work of historical fiction that recreates a young nation's first truly international conflict and a key moment in the history of the emancipation of African-American slaves. -- Amazon.com
Subject Parents -- Death -- Fiction.
Life change events -- Fiction.
Spirits -- Fiction.
Children of prisoners -- Fiction.
Soldiers -- Family relationships -- Fiction.
United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Fiction.
Maryland -- History -- War of 1812 -- Fiction.
Genre/Form Historical fiction.
Adventure fiction.
Historical fiction.
ISBN 9781609454586 (paperback)
1609454588 (paperback)
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