Mad Boy
An Account of Henry Phipps in the War of 1812
New York, N.Y. : Europa Editions, 2018.
Format: Book
Description: 236 pages : map ; 21 cm
Young Henry Phipps is on a quest to realize his dying mothers last wish: to be buried at sea, surrounded by her family. Not an easy task considering Henrys neer-do-well father is in debtors prison and his comically earnest older brother is busy fighting the red coats on the battlefields of Maryland. But Henrys stubborn determination knows no bounds. As he dodges the cannon fire of clashing armies and picks among the ruins of a burning capital he meets looters, British defectors, renegade slaves, a pregnant maiden in distress, and scoundrels of all types. Mad Boy is at once an antic adventure and a thoroughly convincing work of historical fiction that recreates a young nations first truly international conflict and a key moment in the history of the emancipation of African-American slaves. -- Amazon.com
Subjects:
Parents -- Death -- Fiction.
Life change events -- Fiction.
Spirits -- Fiction.
Children of prisoners -- Fiction.
Soldiers -- Family relationships -- Fiction.
United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Fiction.
Maryland -- History -- War of 1812 -- Fiction.
Parents -- Death -- Fiction.
Life change events -- Fiction.
Spirits -- Fiction.
Children of prisoners -- Fiction.
Soldiers -- Family relationships -- Fiction.
United States -- History -- War of 1812 -- Fiction.
Maryland -- History -- War of 1812 -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9781609454586
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
F Arvin | Main (Downtown) | Second Level, Fiction | In |