![]() ![]() ![]() Harper an impressive gentleman escaping a furious rainstorm is staying there, but who is he? The faithful black servant Caesar, manages the house. Unwisely coming in disguise to visit his father, sisters Sarah and Frances and Aunt Janette. Wharton lives in the area, a neighbor of Mr.Birch professing neutrality, yet with a son Henry, a captain in the British army. British Major Andre has just been executed, conspired with Benedict Arnold, tensions are high. The ironic reality is that Mr.Birch is a patriot, working secretly for George Washington as an observer, giving the commander- in- chief valuable information. Harvey Birch peddler, suspected spy for the King, is wanted by the Continental Army to be hanged if captured, he has mysteriously escaped twice from custody. and cow- boys their opposite number for England, do much burning, killing and looting, essentially common criminals but with a pretense for the cause, doesn't matter which side. The neutral ground Westchester County, just north of the British held New York City, time 1780 the American Revolution is in its 5th year, but the endless conflict continues, cavalry patrols by both sides keep the blood flowing, irregulars the skinners for the U.S. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |