Voyages of the
The American Revolution they never taught you in
school.
My
story is a historical adventure set in
My
characters are farmers, merchants, smugglers, patriots, soldiers, sailors,
colonists and Indians. The events in
which they participated changed the course of history and led to the foundation
of a nation blessed with a legacy of freedom never before seen on this planet.
Without giving away too much of the story, here is a brief
summary.
The main character is Michael Fields, who grows up in the
Royal Colony of New Jersey, near the Schuyler Copper Mines and the Kingsland
Plantation on Barbadoes Neck, only a few miles from
Map of
As a young man, he
excels as a merchant but as taxes strangle his business, he and his partner, Calik, an Aquacknunck Indian,
slip into smuggling, carrying untaxed consumer items and eventually documents
and weapons for the Committees of Correspondence.
After a warrant is issued for his arrest, he signs aboard a
ship owned by a smuggler and sails to their hideout in the Jersey Pine
Barrens.
Eight pound field gun and crew
At
Chestnut Neck, Michael becomes active with the smugglers and with their
militia. He learns the art and science
of Artillery under the tutelage of Count Rhordon, a
former German soldier.
Eight pound guns at Ft Lee.
When
delivering gunpowder to the Continental Army at Fort Lee, he decides to join the
fight and wins a commission in the artillery corps defending the
Siege mortar
As the siege of Fort Washington draws to a close, he is
assigned to Fort Lee and then to lead a diversion and ambush of the force
pursuing General Washington as he retreats to Valley Forge.
In
1777, he returns to Chestnut Neck with a bride and reestablishes his smuggling
route, supplying the patriots in
His service to the revolutionary cause is rewarded with “Letters of Marque and Reprisal” and a
frigate, which he names PASSAIC FALCON , and
pilots to the
Map of the
Captain Fields establishes his base of operation in the
Leeward Islands and sails against the
Sea
While
carrying information to the French fleet, he is drawn into the final battle of
the war, a navel engagement off the coast of
Twenty Four pound navel gun
Upon
the peace, Michael returns to
He dies the day the Constitution is signed.
Well, that was a pretty good synopsis but allow me to go one
step further. Please, be my guest, come
into my reading room where you may highlight and copy the first two chapters
for free.
Just click
here to be take to Chapters One and Two with no obligation.
When
you are ready to own the complete story, return to this site and click here “Voyages of the Passaic Falcon” and you will be taken to the store where, for the
princely fee of $5.00, you may purchase the downloadable copy of this e-book.
After you have finished reading, please come back and send me
a comment, here is the link: passaicfalcon@optonline.net
Thank
you, again,
Daniel
J. Cashman
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