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1 online resource (289 pages) |
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| Summary |
"Two young men enlist in the Maryland Militia during the Revolutionary War in this action-packed tale based on the lost story of "America's 400 Spartans." On a marshy Brooklyn battlefield on August 27, 1776, four hundred men from Baltimore, Maryland assembled to do battle against a vastly superior British army. Seemingly overnight, these young soldiers had matured from na ve teenagers to perhaps the most important, yet most forgotten, citizen soldiers in all of American history: "America's 400 Spartans." Saving Washington follows young Joshua Bolton and his childhood friend Ben Wright, a freed Black man, as they witness British tyranny firsthand, become enraptured by the cause, and ultimately enlist to defend their new nation in a battle that galvanized the American nation on the eve of its birth. Chris Formant's gripping tale blends real-life historical figures and events with richly developed fictional characters in a multi-dimensional world of intrigue, romance, comradeship, and sacrifice, transporting us two-and-a-half centuries back in time to the bustling streets of Baltimore and the bloody, smoke-filled carnage of battle in Brooklyn. Praise for Saving Washington "An extraordinary and riveting read from cover to cover, Saving Washington is a skillfully crafted and original novel by an author with a distinctive and thoroughly engaging narrative storytelling style." -- Midwest Book Review "Meticulously researched.... This is among the finest period pieces ever to chronicle the events that gave birth to American independence. A pitch-perfect study of the grit that defined a fledgling America and a historical thriller extraordinaire." -- BookTrib"-- Provided by Freading. |
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Publisher metadata. |
| Subject |
Washington, George, 1732-1799 -- Fiction.
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United States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Fiction.
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Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.) -- Fiction.
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| Genre/Form |
Historical fiction.
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Historical fiction.
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| Subject |
YOUNG ADULT FICTION / Historical / United States / Colonial & Revolutionary Periods.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| ISBN |
9781682618332 (epub) |
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9781682618776 (print) |
| Standard No. |
9781682618332 |
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