Eye of the Raven: A Mystery of Colonial America

Year of Publication
2009
Publication Type
Novel
Series Title
Bone Rattler Series, 2/6
Number of Pages or Episodes
339 p.
Language
English
Contributors Author: Eliot Pattison
Publisher
Counterpoint
City
Berkeley, CA
Genre
Detective
Historical
Mystery
War
Western
Keywords
surveyors
Native Americans
Roman Catholics
Jesuits
Quakers
French and Indian War
Braddock Expedition
Battle of the Monongahela
George Washington (1732-99)
Edward Braddock (1695-1755)
Daniel Boone (1734-1820)
John Fraser (1721-73)
physicians
Christopher Gist (1706-59)
soldiers
Scottish Americans
private investigators
Protestants
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
Places
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