Customer Reviews

Jack's Resolve : A True Patriot's Tale

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This is a very well-crafted printing. The book sports a real leather
cover, which you don't see very often. But the quality goes
further. The paper the book is printed on has a very expensive feel,
like soft vellum.

In addition, the text has an old-time Colonial
days look about it, as if the letters were written with a quill pen!
The font is not hard to read at all, but if you look closely, you will
see slight irregularities that remind one of words written with the
old Colonial writing implement. The old-style production and printing
compliments the focus of the story, putting the reader even more into
the history being presented.

The story surrounds the days following
the battles of Concord and Lexington, and the subsequent signing of
the Declaration of Independence.

The story begins with a wide range
of characters in a small North Carolina town. Local politics, debates,
and the general reaction to events are well written, with attention to
period detail.

The Jack of "Jack's Resolve" is a courier
who is charged with bringing his local government's dispatchs to the
Continental Congress, and his travels are the focus of the second half
of the book.

I give the book only four stars because I found the
cast somewhat confusing. Some characters are refered to by more than
one name or title, and it occasionally mixed me up as to who was
who. This may be tough reading for high school level students, but is
certainly suitable for college-level readers interested in
Revolutionary War/Colonial politics and related events.

For the
price, I doubt you will find a better quality printing. The story is
engaging and gives the reader a "you are there" feeling. The
dialogue and attitudes are spot-on for the day, unlike the recent Mel
Gibson movie "The Patriot".