Richard Leighton

Reflections of a Hessian (eBook, ePUB)

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Produktbeschreibung

The book probes the reasons why my Hessian ancestor came to this country to put down the Patriot rebellion, then defected to make the Patriot cause his cause. Except for his birth and death dates and the year of his defection, nothing is known about this man prior to his desertion, after which he became a farmer in what's now West Virginia. The manuscript creates his background in his German state and traces his journey through battles of the Revolutionary War, an incident that led to the death of a fellow countryman for which he felt responsible and his tutelage by an American woman who would become his wife. His course of action is contrasted with that of a childhood friend, also a Hessian soldier, who spent five and a half years in American prison camps but felt obligated to return to his home country. This book should be of interest to the many Cale descendants and to devotees of American history, especially to people who are interested in the history of the American Revolutionary War.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Gatekeeper Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. November 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781642377224
• Artikelnr.: 59623742

Autorenporträt

Richard F. Leighton, M.D. is a cardiologist and professor of medicine at Mercer University School of Medicine, Savannah branch. A native of Oakland, Garrett County, Maryland, he received an A.B. degree from Western Maryland College (now McDaniel College) and an M.D. degree from the University of Maryland in 1955. Following an internship at University Hospital, Baltimore, he served as a U.S. Navy flight surgeon with Airborne Early Warning Squadron One, based in Hawaii and Guam. He completed a residency in internal medicine and a fellowship in cardiology at Ohio State University where he served as a faculty member for nine years. In 1974 he was appointed Chief of Cardiology and in 1990 Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the School of Medicine at the Medical College of Ohio (now the University of Toledo College of Medicine). In 1997 he relocated to Savannah, Georgia. Dr. Leighton is the author or co-author of over 90 publications in the field of cardiovascular medicine and the author or co-author of four recent books: "Dear Folks: A Memoir from 500 Letters" in 2016; "From Guam and Beyond: Stories of the Men of VW-1" in 2018; "Reflections of a Hessian" in 2019; and "80 Poems by Two Octogenarians" in 2020. His family includes three children, three grandchildren and one great grandchild.