ENGLISH

The Hessian

By Howard Fast

Book information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
1996
ISBN
1563246015, 9781563246012
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
496 kB (507883 bytes)
Pages
176\0
Time added
2022-08-11 12:29:38

Description

The Hessian tells the story of the capture, trial, and execution of a Hessian drummer boy by Americans during the Revolution. At the heart of the story is a Quaker family, who hide the boy after his landing party has been killed in an ambush. Because the captain of the Hessians had ordered the hanging of a local whom he thought might be a spy, the town militia lay in wait, massacred the Hessians, and hunted down the only survivor, Hans Pohl. His capture and trial provide an opportunity to explore the difficult moral position that war presents, complicated by the presence of the Quaker family. The story is told from the point of view of Evan Feversham, a doctor who has seen enough of death, and an outsider in the narrow world of Puritan New England. Based on a true event.

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