John Treegate's Musket: The Birth of the Revolutionary War (The Treegate Series)

By Leonard Wibberley

Book Overview

An epic historical adventure that takes young readers from The Boston Massacre to the Battle of Bunker Hill...The year is 1769, and wealthy merchant John Treegate is a solid citizen of Boston, who is loyal to his British King. John has taught his eleven-year-old son Peter to be loyal too, and wanting nothing more than his father's approval, Peter always does as told.But when his father is called back to England on business, Peter is left behind and apprenticed to a maker of barrel staves. Alone and feeling abandoned, Peter experiences the hardships of Boston's working class citizens for the first time. When Peter is framed for murder and with no father at home to protect him, Peter is forced to flee Boston on a smuggler's brig, sending him on a series of adventures on the high seas and across the untamed lands of the Carolinas that will challenge everything his father ever taught him to believe about England, America, and the impending Revolutionary War...John Treegate's Musket it the first in a seven-book series, which makes a great companion to study the Revolutionary War era.THE TREEGATE BOOK SERIESBook 1: John Treegate's MusketBook 2: Peter Treegate's WarBook 3: Sea Captain from SalemBook 4: Treegate's RaidersBook 5: Leopard's PreyBook 6: Red PawnsBook 7: The Last BattleEach book in the series is complete to itself and can be enjoyed if read in any order. However, for greatest reading pleasure, it's recommended that the books be read in sequence.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1521433380
• ISBN13: 9781521433386
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.4" x 6.0"