| The Whiskey Rebels Contributor(s): Liss, David (Author) |
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ISBN: 0812974530 ISBN-13: 9780812974539 Publisher: Ballantine Books OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2009 Annotation: America, 1787. Ethan Saunders, once among General Washington's most valued spies, is living in disgrace after an accusation of treason cost him his reputation. But an opportunity for redemption comes calling when Saunders's old enemy, Alexander Hamilton, draws him into a struggle with bitter rival Thomas Jefferson over the creation of the Bank of the United States. Meanwhile, on the western Pennsylvania frontier, Joan Maycott and her husband, a Revolutionary War veteran, hope for a better life and a chance for prosperity. But the Maycotts' success on an isolated frontier attracts the brutal attention of men who threaten to destroy them. As their causes intertwine, Joan and Saunders-both patriots in their own way-find themselves on opposing sides of a plot that could tear apart a fragile new nation. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Thrillers - Historical - Fiction | Thrillers - Suspense |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2009464629 |
| Series: Random House Reader's Circle |
| Physical Information: 1.25" H x 5.3" W x 8.04" (0.89 lbs) 560 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century - Cultural Region - Mid-Atlantic - Geographic Orientation - Pennsylvania - Locality - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
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| Publisher Description: America, 1787. Ethan Saunders, once among General Washington's most valued spies, is living in disgrace after an accusation of treason cost him his reputation. But an opportunity for redemption comes calling when Saunders's old enemy, Alexander Hamilton, draws him into a struggle with bitter rival Thomas Jefferson over the creation of the Bank of the United States. Meanwhile, on the western Pennsylvania frontier, Joan Maycott and her husband, a Revolutionary War veteran, hope for a better life and a chance for prosperity. But the Maycotts' success on an isolated frontier attracts the brutal attention of men who threaten to destroy them. As their causes intertwine, Joan and Saunders-both patriots in their own way-find themselves on opposing sides of a plot that could tear apart a fragile new nation. |