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The Hessian

by Howard Fast
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Originally published in 1972, The Hessian tells the story of the capture, trial, and execution of a Hessian drummer boy by Americans during the Revolution. At the heart of the story is a Quaker family, who hide the boy after his landing party has been killed in an ambush. Because the captain of the Hessians had ordered the hanging of a local whom he thought might be a spy, the town militia lay in wait, massacred the Hessians, and hunted down the only survivor, Hans Pohl. His capture and trial provide an opportunity to explore the difficult moral position that war presents, complicated by the presence of the Quaker family. The story is told from the point of view of Evan Feversham, a doctor who has seen enough of death, and an outsider in the narrow world of Puritan New England. Based on a true event, The Hessian won an American Library Association's Notable Book Award.

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Publisher: M.E. Sharpe

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  • Release date: March 6, 2012

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  • ISBN: 9780765635723
  • Release date: March 6, 2012

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  • ISBN: 9780765635723
  • File size: 12342 KB
  • Release date: March 6, 2012

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Literary Criticism Nonfiction

Languages

English

Levels

Lexile® Measure:970
Text Difficulty:5-7

Originally published in 1972, The Hessian tells the story of the capture, trial, and execution of a Hessian drummer boy by Americans during the Revolution. At the heart of the story is a Quaker family, who hide the boy after his landing party has been killed in an ambush. Because the captain of the Hessians had ordered the hanging of a local whom he thought might be a spy, the town militia lay in wait, massacred the Hessians, and hunted down the only survivor, Hans Pohl. His capture and trial provide an opportunity to explore the difficult moral position that war presents, complicated by the presence of the Quaker family. The story is told from the point of view of Evan Feversham, a doctor who has seen enough of death, and an outsider in the narrow world of Puritan New England. Based on a true event, The Hessian won an American Library Association's Notable Book Award.

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Literary Criticism Nonfiction