In April 1812 four people gather in a rough farmhouse on the South Branch of the Chicago River, four miles from Fort Dearborn. As war with Britain approaches and the surrounding nations grow restless, the settlers, the garrison officers and a young would-be knight-errant are drawn into the violence that will overtake the little outpost.
A frontier romance by the soldier-novelist often called Canada’s first, who fought in the War of 1812. Download the free EPUB.