Publisher's Synopsis
This book traces the sons of two colonial families in their Revolutionary War efforts against the British. Connecticut soldiers that responded to the alarm that Paul Revere began. They laid siege to the British in Boston. The placement of canon on Dorchester Heights in a single night, resulted in Howe's abandonment of Boston. Washington raced to New York, knowing Howe would strike there next. One son joined forces against the British on Long Island. The invading British fleet was in largest since the Spanish Armada. General Howe faced humiliating losses at the Battle of Bunker Hill. At the Battle of Long Island, Howe's astonishing flanking maneuver nearly surrounded the greatly outnumbered patriot soldiers facing the British. In an act unmatched bravery, the Maryland 400 gave their lives to allow the bulk of the American forces and one of the sons to escape back to the American fortified lines. In an attempt to lure Washington away the British pending attack down the Hudson River, the British carried out a series of attacks against civilian targets along the Connecticut coast in a campaign called Tryon's Raid. One son died defending these civilians against British and Hessian attacks. Privateers acted as a proxy where the American Navy fell short. A group of New Jersey patriots brought havoc to British merchant shipping in the midst of an ongoing civil war in Monmouth county. A heinous Loyalist scheme began with an attack on a small blockhouse at Toms River. The capture of the blockhouse survivors resulted in one sons imprisonment in the infamous Provost in New York City. The incident triggered an international incident which eventually involved the highest levels of military and government in England, France and America.
