Freedom Valor
by James F. LaValley
Copyright ©2002
ISBN: 0-87714-812-0 eBook edition
ISBN: 0-87714-297-8 PB edition
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This is a work of fiction. All characters and events portrayed in this book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely coincidental.
THE AUTHOR
Originally from upstate New York, James La Valley attended the University of Virginia, completing his BA in English and three years of medical school. He transferred fields to gain an MA in Bible and later another MA in English. With this background, he pastored, taught college and administered federal health programs, conducting seminars throughout the West Indies, the locale for the adventures of the Freedom Quest series.
THE BOOK
Saratoga, 1777 - Peleg escorts Becky from crafty Iroquois to Valley Forge to report Saratoga's victory, then outwits British spyships to relay instructions to Franklin in Paris- where they are sent to England to rescue American sailors and on to the Caribbean - and now Becky continues to lead her merry international chase, retrieves her treasure to buy America arms, and gains the arms of Peleg.
Becky Warren and her father Roger are bringing supplies to American forces near Saratoga to resist Burgoyne's invasion from Canada. At an inn they meet Peleg Le Valley and Brave Waters who carry a communique from Washington to General Gates. After Roger is wounded during an Indian attack, he turns a reluctant Becky over to Peleg as her guardian. Roger's plan is to enlist the Le Valleys' ships to retrieve treasure from a British wrecker smashed among Barbuda's reefs and purchase French arms in St. Eustatius for the rebellion.
Becky is seized by the Mohawk, forcing Peleg and Brave Waters to Joseph Brant's Iroquois headquarters. Escaping with Winona, a Delaware captive, they canoe the Delaware to Valley Forge to report the Saratoga victory to Washington. Trailed by Mohawk down the Delaware, then by British spies, the almost lose their treasure chart.
On their voyage to bring a message to Ben Franklin in Paris, Peleg and Becky must outwit a spy ship. During an historic sea battle, the schooners reach Barbados to raise funds for Washington. Finally, after retrieving the Barbuda treasure despite run-ins with the same spy ship and a slaver, Becky is "tricked" by Peleg into a wedding. Together, they return to Rhode Island with French arms. After the fall of the Iroquois, Becky and Peleg set up Mr. Warren again in his old Schohare Inn.
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