Sword of Francisco

the long version

KIRKUS REVIEW A third novel of early America (see Guns in the Wilderness and Free) is set in the period following the Battle of Brandywine and briskly follows the adventures of very young Charlie Morrison whose early morning explorations become the means of alerting Washington to a trap set by the British. But there is also excitement and mystery in the months to come. Charlie meets and makes friends with Peter Francisco, a sentry in Washington's camp. Then Charlie and his uncle are accused of being Tory sympathizers by a man who wants their land. With the future a dark question mark, a term with Greene in North Carolina follows and builds to a climax with the rescue of Peter who is wounded, the clearance of Peter's own bidden background and the belief that freedom for themselves and for the new land is at hand. Single minded but fast moving; a fair supplement to textbook information on the Revolution.