In the early months of 1776, George Washington, whose Continental forces had surrounded the British in occupied Boston for almost 11 months, wanted to make a ‘bold attempt’ to force the British out. With few good options, limited...
Part II - Leather If toiling all day in a paper mill sounds like a nasty, smelly job, working as a leather worker, or ‘tanner,’ was even worse! Tanners were considered among the lowest class of workers during medieval...
Part II - Who is real? Who is fictional? Chapter 8 - RecoverySherry, the horse. Sherry is fictional, but she comes from one of my favorite childhood books, Mr. Revere and I, by Robert Lawson. The boys at the dock, listening...