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Patriots #2
Rebel Guns
While Virginian Daniel Reed is assigned to gather together troops and capture British munititions, Quincy Reed joins the fearless Green Mountain Boys and is swept into the raid on Fort Ticonderoga. Original.
233 pages, Mass Market Paperback
First published September 1, 1992
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February 5, 2017
The second novel in the Patriots series picks up immediately after the conclusion of the first book, just after the opening salvos of the American Revolutionary War at Concord and Lexington. The action is told from several of the same major characters from the first book, most notably the brothers Daniel and Quincy Reed. At the request of the Committee of Safety, they depart the Boston area, bound for Colonel Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys to join their efforts to take Fort Ticonderoga and secure the Lake Champlain area.
Fort Ticonderoga served as a key point of access to both Canada and the Hudson River Valley during the French and Indian War. On May 10, 1775, Benedict Arnold of Massachusetts joined Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys of Vermont in a dawn attack on the fort, surprising and capturing the sleeping British garrison. Although it was a small-scale conflict, the Battle of Fort Ticonderoga was the first American victory of the Revolutionary War, and would give the Continental Army much-needed artillery to be used in future battles. And of course, the fictional characters of this novel played key roles in securing that bit of history.
But those aren’t the only “Rebel Guns” secured from the British during the book. Clandestine operations by characters from the first novel as well as some new ones, now deeply embedded in a network of spies, results in the theft of prized artillery pieces and ammo from a private merchant ship in the Atlantic as well. Thus, the British cause is deeply hurt and the American efforts richly rewarded in one fell swoop.
Don’t get the impression that these books are all war-time action. Rather, this tends to be more back-drop than front-and-center. These books are mostly about the characters themselves, their lives and loves and attempts to achieve their personal goals (which frequently get left behind in the urgency to complete their various missions).
Once again, I enjoyed a nice comfortable read about the mighty struggles of other people, both historical and fictional…from the comfort of my own easy chair. I recommend this method to all.
Fort Ticonderoga served as a key point of access to both Canada and the Hudson River Valley during the French and Indian War. On May 10, 1775, Benedict Arnold of Massachusetts joined Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys of Vermont in a dawn attack on the fort, surprising and capturing the sleeping British garrison. Although it was a small-scale conflict, the Battle of Fort Ticonderoga was the first American victory of the Revolutionary War, and would give the Continental Army much-needed artillery to be used in future battles. And of course, the fictional characters of this novel played key roles in securing that bit of history.
But those aren’t the only “Rebel Guns” secured from the British during the book. Clandestine operations by characters from the first novel as well as some new ones, now deeply embedded in a network of spies, results in the theft of prized artillery pieces and ammo from a private merchant ship in the Atlantic as well. Thus, the British cause is deeply hurt and the American efforts richly rewarded in one fell swoop.
Don’t get the impression that these books are all war-time action. Rather, this tends to be more back-drop than front-and-center. These books are mostly about the characters themselves, their lives and loves and attempts to achieve their personal goals (which frequently get left behind in the urgency to complete their various missions).
Once again, I enjoyed a nice comfortable read about the mighty struggles of other people, both historical and fictional…from the comfort of my own easy chair. I recommend this method to all.
December 12, 2017
This is a great series.
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