Historically based as it follows the Clinton - Sullivan expedition through the hostile wilderness of early New York State. With a pioneer couple fresh from 'civilized' Massachusetts the story unfolds as they settle in the frontier wilderness of 1780. Their trials and heartaches are laid out so realistically that the reader will feel they are working and sustaining the tribulations as well. Designed to bring everyday life of the earliest frontier to life. From the massacre at Cherry Valley to the settlement of Cooperstown this story lays out what early settlers were up against as they cleared the land, loved each other and raised children in a hostile environment.
