![]() ![]() ![]() Jullian is told that he is now a member of Sinjie’s family. Sinjie wants him to make America his home, and finds him a well-paying job teaching school. His father had died on the ship and he tells Sinjie that he only wants to return home as soon as he can earn enough. Expecting to see wigwams and fur traders, Jullian is surprised by the gentility of Williamsburg, Virginia’s colonial capital city. Sinjie first meets Jullian at the wharf at Yorktown. Through 250 pages and seven years of war Jullian and Saint John’s friendship undergo twists while their romantic relationships negotiate turns. In Saint John (Sinjie) Sprague she finds a representative of the new nation, with his energy, good-natured optimism, and courageous support for the Cause of Liberty. Thane masterfully uses Jullian to represent the unenlightened British with their unthinking allegiance to the King and their lack of understanding of the people who rebelled against taxation without representation. Hostilities are about to erupt when student Jullian Day climbs off the ship that took him from England to Virginia and, as war grips the colonies, he learns about liberty the hard way. ![]()
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