By John P. Calu,David A. Hart
Thus starts an epic two-part saga within which the Harts turn into pivotal gamers within the explanation for freedom, pitted opposed to a robust enemy along George Washington, Ben Franklin, and different patriots from during the colonies. John Hart turns into a hunted guy, and younger Edward Hart—deeply encouraged via the writings of Thomas Paine—falls in love, enlists in Washington’s ragtag military, and suffers tragic losses off and on the battlefield ahead of victory at Trenton adjustments his existence and alters the process history.
In the explosive moment half, modern-day Trenton comes into shiny concentration as Luis Alma—son of Cuban immigrants, hero, and reluctant candidate for mayor—struggles to carry his family members jointly. opposed to a backdrop of crime, corruption, and homicide, a secret unfolds linking the Alma family members to the Harts of Hopewell, and a tender guy from the incorrect facet of the tracks discovers that the main to Trenton’s destiny may well lie in a mystery from its past.
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