Following the Revolution, an eleven-year-old boy becomes the captive of a ruthless man who has set up his own "nation," supported by piracy, on a remote part of the New Jersey coast.

"Americans tend to think of the Revolution as a Massachusetts-based event orchestrated by Virginians, but in fact the war took place mostly in the Middle Colonies--in New York and New Jersey and the parts of Pennsylvania that on a clear day you can almost see from the Empire State Building. In My American Revolution, Robert Sullivan delves into this first Middle America, digging for a glorious, heroic part of the past in the urban, suburban, and sometimes...

"Explores two pivotal winters with George Washington's army during the American Revolution, including his crossing of the Delaware River, the battles at Trenton and Princeton, and the winter at Valley Forge"--Provided by publisher.

"This book explores the people, places, and history of the New Jersey Colony"--