Author: Jack Head
Bio:
I grew up in a town incorporated in 1683. Its farmers fed the locals and carted their products to Worcester and Boston and were instrumental in hiding war armament from the British Regulars. Some historians believe that the British would cross the bridge in Concord on their way to Stow.
Men and boys prepared for the confrontation at the bridge but didn’t arrive in time, so they took the fight to the British Regulars at Meriam’s Corner. Individuals from that town have fought in every conflict since. I am no exception.
Book:
When Thirteen Became One is the story of the people involved in forming this new culture while fending off pressure from Great Britain until General Gage sent the royal troops into the countryside to bring the subjects back, leading up to the confrontation on April 19, 1775, when British and American soldiers exchanged fire in the Massachusetts towns of Lexington and Concord.
For over a hundred and fifty years, the two cultures clashed. The British parliament demanded control of their “subjects” in this foreign land and placed more tariffs on goods.
Thirteen Became One traces the development of this new American culture, telling the story of the people who helped create it as they continually opposed the British Empire. When Thirteen Became One is the telling of all the little stories that got lost in telling the big story of the American Revolution.
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**Genre:** History