The Complete Treegate Adventures: From the Birth of the Revolutionary War to the War of 1812

The acclaimed seven-book series chronicling the adventures of the generations of the Treegate family from the birth of the Revolutionary War through the War of 1812, ending at the Battle of New Orleans.Recommended by the Seton Home Study Guide for Grade 8 for American History.John Treegate's Musket (Book 1)An epic historical adventure that takes young readers from The Boston Massacre to the Battle of Bunker Hill.When young Peter Treegate is framed for murder while his father is away on business, Peter is forced to flee Boston on a smuggler's brig, sending him on a series of adventures on the high seas and across the untamed lands of the Carolinas that will challenge everything his father ever taught him to believe about England, America, and the impending Revolutionary War.Peter Treegate's War (Book 2)Winner of the Thomas Alva Edison Annual Children's Book Award for Excellence in Portraying America's Past.The second book picks up right where John Treegate's Musket left off--following both the events of the American War for Independence and 16-year-old Peter's clash of loyalty to his real father, John Treegate, and to his foster father, the Maclaren of Spey (a Scottish clansman).Sea Captain from Salem (Book 3)An American Library Association Notable Children's Book.In the third book, Leonard Wibberley paints an exciting and authentic picture of this neglected but critical chapter in the Revolutionary War, mixing real historical figures such as George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and the Earl of Sandwich with the fiery, cunning, and devout sea captain from Salem.Treegate's Raiders (Book 4)A William Allen White Children's Book Award Nominee.The fourth book follows Peter Treegate and the sea captain Peace of God Manly through the final years of the Revolutionary War as Peter--now a grown man--leads a band of Carolina mountain men though a series brutal engagements fought in the southern colonies from 1780 to the final surrender of the British at Yorktown in August 1781.Leopard's Prey (Book 5)In this first of a new T