{"product_id":"dawns-early-light-volume-26-paperback","title":"Dawn's Early Light: Volume 26 - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eElswyth Thane\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eLeila Meacham\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eElswyth Thane is best known for her Williamsburg series, seven novels published between 1943 and 1957 that follow several generations of two families from the American Revolution to World War II. \u003cem\u003eDawn's Early Light\u003c\/em\u003e is the first novel in the series.\u003cbr\u003e In it, Colonial Williamsburg comes alive. Thane centers her novel around four major characters: the Aristrocratic St. John Sprague, who becomes George Washington's aide; Regina Greensleeves, a Virginia beauty spoiled by a season in London; Julian Day, a young schoolmaster who arrives from England on the eve of the war and initially thinks of himself as a Tory; and Tibby Mawes, one of his less fortunate pupils, saddled with an alcoholic father and an indigent mother.\u003cbr\u003e But we also see Washington, Jefferson, Lafayette, Greene, Patrick Henry, Francis Marion, and the rest of that brilliant galaxy playing their roles not as historical figures but as men. We see de Kalb's gallant death under a cavalry charge at Camden. We penetrate to the swamp-encircled camp which was Marion's stronghold on the Peedee. We watch the cat-and-mouse game between Cornwallis and Lafayette, which ended in Cornwallis's unlucky stand at Yorktown.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003e Dawn's Early Light \u003c\/em\u003eis the human story behind our first war for liberty, and of the men and women loving and laughing through it to the dawn of a better world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eElswyth Thane \u003c\/b\u003e(1900-1984) was the author of over thirty books of fiction and nonfiction.\u003cb\u003eLeila Meacham \u003c\/b\u003eis the bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eRoses\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTumbleweeds\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSomerset\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eTitans\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 7.9 x 5.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 01, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770658423072,"sku":"9781613738122","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/351704e79ee0d38095f5a0e3f0ea7bf1.webp?v=1780376622","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/dawns-early-light-volume-26-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}