Jack's Resolve: A True Patriot's Tale

by G. Wade Carmichael

Historic novel about the courier of the first recorded declaration of independence in the American Colonies in 1775. Follow the trials and challenges of Captain James Jack, of the Mecklenburg County, North Carolina militia in his attempt to deliver the Mecklenburg documents to the Second Continental Congress in Philadelphia. The story, drawn from historic archives and Jack family documents, cronicles the intrigue, danger and betrayal found in the American colonies in the months preceeding the national Declaration of Independence in 1776 and the American Revolutionary War.

249 pages, Hardcover

First published January 20, 2000