The Gentle Rebel (The House of Winslow #4) [Paperback]

Gilbert Morris (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1988

Freedom Was the Cry of a Nation, But at What Personal Cost to Her People?

The Gentle Rebel brings the dynamic saga of the Winslow family into the American Revolution. Starting with the first Pilgrim settlement at Plymouth, The House of Winslow novels have vividly described the forces that shaped early American history and its people. Book 3, The Indentured Heart, brought the story to pre-Revolution days.

Nathan Winslow, the son of Adam and Molly, was at first opposed to the idea of revolution against the British crown, but eventually he becomes an American patriot. His love for the beautiful Abigail Howland, a proud and spoiled Tory, lies in direct conflict with his mission to help free his land. From the hotbed of patriotic activity in Boston to the green fields of Lexington, from Breed's Hill and Bunker Hill to the deadly overland winter trip toward Fort Ticonderoga Winslow carries the banner of his family heritage and faith.

Faith and courage confirmed or denied?

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About the Author

Gilbert Morris is part of a father/daughter writing team (with his daughter Lynn Morris) who have combined their writing skills to form a powerful duo! Gilbert is the author of over 30 Bethany House books, including the popular HOUSE OF WINSLOW series. size : 5.2 x 8

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Bethany House Publishers (August 1988)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1556610068
• ISBN-13: 978-1556610066
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #552,835 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Gilbert Morris is among today's most popular Christian writers; his books having sold nearly six million copies worldwide. He specializes in historical fiction and won a 2001 Christy Award for the Civil War drama Edge of Honor. Once a pastor and English professor who earned a Ph.D. from the University of Arkansas, Morris lives with his wife in Gulf Shores, Alabama.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it!, November 6, 1999

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Christen Best (Ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Gentle Rebel (The House of Winslow #4) (Paperback)

I fell in love the first time I read it!However this book is not about the Civil War. It deals with the Revolutionary War, my absolute favorite time period. It shows all the excitment I have always love. A young woman forced to hide her actual sex so she isn't found by her greedy uncle falls in love with a man who a spy for the Rebels. The problem is that he is in love with a rich and beatiful Tory, and he has no idea Julie is a woman. The plot thickens when an ex-quaker, Daniel, discovers her secret and falls in love Julie and Julie's uncle has found her and is determined to take her home and force her to marry him so he can have full possion of her fathers business. Sound unbelieveable? Well, Gilbert Morris can write books that will get you to believe anything, including God's control over our lives. As soon as I finished this book I imedintly read it again and have done so many time after. I recomend it to any one who has love for God, history, and the immpossible. Once you start on this series it's impossible not to be hooked and follow this family through the 17 hundreds till, as the last book is now anyway, World War One. I'm kinda rambling on but this book instantly became my all time favorite and has continued to be to this day. It'll make you proud to be an American and one of God's loved creations.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The House of the Winslows Lives On!, December 10, 1999

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Amy Dent (Orlando, Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Gentle Rebel (The House of Winslow #4) (Paperback)

Have you read The Gentle Rebel? Well if you haven't you should! In this book the author, Gilbert Morris, continues the House of Winslow series to the American Revolution. The great-great-grandson of Gilbert Winslow, Nathan learns what the real meaning of love is, and that sometimes love can hurt. When Nathan's younger brother Caleb was killed at Concord, he makes a vow to his brother to fight on the American side. The only problem is that Nathan is in love with the beautiful Abigal Howland a spoiled Tory, who is on the British side. Nathan very quickly befriends Laddie Smith, Caleb's friend. Laddie and Nathan bond and together they join the colonists. When Laddie is shot and taken to the home of some Quakers, who learn of 'his' deep, dark secret and of his past the whole book turns around. I liked this book because I love Morris' novels, historical, and romantic, religious books. This is a must read book! If read with the rest of the series, it will make the whole story even better. If you love romantic, historical, and slightly religious books, than this book is for you! Gilbert Morris make you feel like you are there with the characters seeing everything first hand. You must read The Gentle Rebel!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, January 9, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: The Gentle Rebel (The House of Winslow #4) (Paperback)

This book was wonderful. It takes you through the adventures of Nathan Winslow and the beginning of the Revolutionary war. I loved the way it made me feel like I was right there experiencing it.