Patriotic Novels to try out for this holiday
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The Fort by Bernard Cornwell
Set during the year 1779 in Penobscot Bay, this novel details the clash between the British forces and the American rebels. The British troops have landed and set up a base of activities in what will become Maine. The rebel troops send in their fleet to try to evict them.
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Valley Forge: George Washington and the Crucible of Victory by Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen
Two bestselling authors – Gingrich and Forstchen tell the tale of the time George Washington and his troops spent an arduous winter in Valley Forge. Not only do they survive but they go on to be a professional fighting force changing the course of history.
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Brave Enemies by Robert Morgan
Set in North Carolina about a sixteen year old girl, who flees home disguised as a boy. She meets up and marries a preacher and then has to rescue him from the British who has kidnapped him. She winds up joining the North Carolina Militia and fights in the Battle of Cowpens.
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Rise to Rebellion: A novel of the American Revolution by Jeff Shaara
This epic novel about the revolution has all the major players – George Washington, John and Abigail Adams, Benjamin Franklin and British General Thomas Gage.
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Love and Honor by Randall Wallace
Virginia cavalryman Kieran Selkirk is given a mission in the winter of 1774. Benjamin Franklin asks him to travel to Russia disguised as a British mercenary, and convince Catherine the Great not to join the war against America.
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