Eye of the Raven: A Mystery of Colonial America

TitleEye of the Raven: A Mystery of Colonial America
Year of Publication2009
Publication TypeNovel
Series TitleBone Rattler Series, 2/6
Number of Pages or Episodes339 p.
LanguageEnglish
AuthorsPattison, Eliot
PublisherCounterpoint
CityBerkeley, CA
KeywordsBattle of the Monongahela; Braddock Expedition; Christopher Gist (1706-59); Daniel Boone (1734-1820); Edward Braddock (1695-1755); French and Indian War; George Washington (1732-99); Jesuits; John Fraser (1721-73); Native Americans; physicians; private investigators; Protestants; Quakers; Roman Catholics; Scottish Americans; soldiers; surveyors
Abstract

Duncan McCallum and his close friend, Conawago, a Jesuit-trained member of the Nipmuc tribe, stumble into a case with potentially far-reaching repercussions for a peace treaty between the Iroquois and the British.

Notes

Bedford is referred to as Raystown, as it was then known.

Author Biography

Eliot Pattison (1951— ), born in Philadelphia, graduated from Indiana University at Bloomington and earned a law degree at Boston University. An Edgar Award winner, he writes mysteries on an 18th-century farm in Berks County, Pennsylvania.

Time

1760s