Dana R Dillon

Broschiertes Buch

Sowing Dragon Teeth

A Novel of the Battle of Lexington and Concord

Beschreibung

In Colonial Massachusetts at the dawning of the American Revolution, an enslaved African American and a reluctant Patriot must battle the British regulars to stop their raid to destroy American arms. Quock grew up enslaved on a farm in Lexington but joins Lexington's militia to resist the British regulars. Jason Green, fought for his king during the last war, but he shares his countrymen's anger at parliament's intolerable acts. Llewellyn Caradoc, a veteran line officer in the British Army and his friend and patron Lord Robert Dandridge are ordered to lead a perilous mission to destroy rebel arms in Concord. When Jason hears of the British raid he is forced to choose between king and country. As his corps marches to Concord Llewellyn learns that the Yankee militia were alerted, and thousands of minutemen are already descending on Concord. Robert uncovers a rebel spy, but she knows Robert's secret and blackmails him to silence. Quock finds that even as he fights with an Army that rose to defend its rights, those rights may not extend to Black Americans.

Autor

Dana R Dillon served twenty years in the Army as an Infantry and Foreign Area officer. Dana led an infantry platoon, commanded a company, and served on battalion, brigade, and division staffs. After eight very rewarding years, Dana transferred into the Foreign Area Officer program where he studied international relations and worked with foreign militaries. When Dana retired from the Army, he went to work as a national security and international policy analyst at the Heritage Foundation a Washington DC Think Tank where he published over 100 articles and a book The China Challenge: Standing Strong Against the Military, Economic and Political Threats that Imperil America. Additionally, he appeared many times on national news programs on CNN, MSNBC, FOX, NPR, VOA, and local TV and radio shows. After 9/11 he went back to work for the Army at the Pentagon where he currently serves as an intelligence analyst. In his profession, Dana studied the background and roots of many wars and revolutions noting the similarities in origins and goals across wide cultural gaps - knowledge he found relevant when studying the American Revolution. Dana has many fond memories of the Infantry and is sympathetic with his historical predecessors. Despite the warlike nature of his profession, Dana lives peaceably in Fairfax, Virginia with his true love, their children, and dogs. Follow Dana on his website https://danadillonwriter.com.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Milford House Press
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. August 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 424g
• ISBN-13: 9798888192115
• Artikelnr.: 71549147