Major Washington
| Year of Publication |
1998
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| Publication Type |
Novel
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| Number of Pages or Episodes |
353 p.
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| Language |
English
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| Contributors |
Author:
Michael Kilian |
| Publisher |
St. Martin's Press
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| City |
New York
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| Abstract |
A novelized biography of George Washington’s three key years (1753-1755) in Western Pennsylvania, narrated by a fictional Captain “Tick” Morley, a ship owner and trader who spies on Washington for Benjamin Franklin. This novel gives special attention to the Battle of Jumonville Glen, Braddock’s Expedition, and the Battle of the Monongahela.
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| Notes |
Settings are referred to by their historical names as follows: Lawrenceville is Shannopinstown; Harmony Twp. is Logstown.
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| Author Biography |
Michael Kilian (1939-2005) was a journalist for the Chicago Tribune, a comic-strip writer for Dick Tracey, and the writer of 19 thrillers set during either the Cold War or the American Civil War.
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| Time |
1753-5
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