| Let me caution in strictest terms againstpublishing what I write. The nation isnot ready to face the truth about itselfthat an honest story of the Revolutionmust mirror. Fifty years later, a New Jersey doctorthus recalls the great event of his life-theupheaval that created the United Statesof America. His honest story unflinchinglydepicts the panic and cowardice, thegreed and brutality that were part of thewar for independence. It also celebratesthe Americans who fought this evil under-tow and struggled to cope with the chaosof a war most of them never wanted. Atthe center of the drama are LibertyTavern, on the main road between PerthAmboy and Philadelphia, and its enig-matic owner, Jonathan Gifford, ex-eaptainof the King s Own Regiment. For him theRevolution is an outburst of dangerouswildness he senses and fears in the Amer-ican character. But he cannot escape it.The only two people whom he l~ves, hisstepson Kemble and stepdaughter Kate,are passionately involved in it, on oppo-site sidey. Then an extraordinary woman, |
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