1777 -- Danbury On Fire!
Book Launch in Virginia
Hosted by
Second Chapter Books
www.facebook.com/Second-Chapter-Books-164440476931177/
101 W Washington St, Middleburg, VA 20117
Kathy Jo Shea and Jilann Brunett
Saturday, November 24, 2018
11-5
This meticulously researched middle grades historical novel will leave you breathless. (Smoke does that!)
Thirteen-year-old Joe Hamilton's grandfather was just an old farmer when Joe was younger. Now Captain Silas Hamilton is the enforcer for the Danbury, Connecticut Committee of Inspection, buying animals and equipment for the Danbury militia.
Even if the sellers don't want to sell.
He recruits, too.
Even if the men don't want to enlist.
Joe's father despises a revolution that could destroy the prosperous America that Britain rescued from the French. Pacifism and poverty put Joe and his parents on the wrong side of everyone in Danbury.
Joe's Patriot friend Lambert Lockwood accidentally convinces Joe that maybe his father is right to oppose the revolution, even if he faces jail.
Joe watches as lies morph into safety and power... a power Joe may need to copy.
Left on his own amid British generals and red-coated troopers, Joe just wants to see the parade as King George's army pays a Danbury a visit. Are the British invaders the danger? They're all nice to Joe.
But someone else is waiting....
Available in October - Exact date TBD
Thirteen-year-old Joe Hamilton's grandfather was just an old farmer when Joe was younger. Now Captain Silas Hamilton is the enforcer for the Danbury, Connecticut Committee of Inspection, buying animals and equipment for the Danbury militia.
Even if the sellers don't want to sell.
He recruits, too.
Even if the men don't want to enlist.
Joe's father despises a revolution that could destroy the prosperous America that Britain rescued from the French. Pacifism and poverty put Joe and his parents on the wrong side of everyone in Danbury.
Joe's Patriot friend Lambert Lockwood accidentally convinces Joe that maybe his father is right to oppose the revolution, even if he faces jail.
Joe watches as lies morph into safety and power... a power Joe may need to copy.
Left on his own amid British generals and red-coated troopers, Joe just wants to see the parade as King George's army pays a Danbury a visit. Are the British invaders the danger? They're all nice to Joe.
But someone else is waiting....
Available in October - Exact date TBD
COMING EVENTS !
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11/23/2018 Book Launch 2d Chapter Books Middleburg VA
12/5/2018 First Friday Leesburg VA at Books and other Found Things
2/1/2019 First Friday Leesburg at Leesburg Vintner
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Eighteenth Century Real Estate
Roundup! You can buy the house one of the 1777 characters built in Brewster NY after the war! Guess whose house it is! |
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About the Author
Millicent Haight Bell Hughes grew up knowing she had relatives in the War Against the French and the Revolutionary War. All details had disappeared from family lore, although the long generations in her family mean that her own father was born in the century before last. A deep desire for detail and connection produced 1777 - Danbury on Fire! |
Talk History
Contact me at Millicent_Hughes@ yahoo.com Available for book personal appearances any time. Would love to do school visits. I'm happy to travel! |