Publisher's Synopsis
This book follows the Harris family through the American Revolution and migration westward to the shores of Lake Ontario. Thomas Harris was the soldier's soldier and was awarded a battlefield commission by General George Washington just before the Battle of Yorktown. After his release from his military obligations and suffering severe hardships, Harris and his family moved westward from Connecticut, across New York State.
As in the first book of the "Lineage" series, the author laid down his own family tree against events in history, as if family members of the period could have participated. This book postulates contacts with the likes of George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and others and is a sequel to Chapter Twelve of "Lineage: A Novel."
