Mad boy : an account of Henry Phipps in the War of 1812 : a novel / Nick Arvin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Arvin, Nick, author.

Contributor:

Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Soldiers--Family relationships.

History.

United States--History--War of 1812--Fiction.

United States.

Maryland.

Maryland--History--War of 1812--Fiction.

Parents--Death--Fiction.

Parents.

Parents--Death.

Life change events--Fiction.

Life change events.

Spirits--Fiction.

Spirits.

Children of prisoners--Fiction.

Children of prisoners.

Soldiers--Family relationships--Fiction.

Soldiers.

Genre:

Fiction.

Historical fiction.

Adventure fiction.

Physical Description:

236 pages : map ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Europa Editions , 2018.

Summary:

Young Henry Phipps is on a quest to realize his dying mother’s last wish: to be buried at sea, surrounded by her family. Not an easy task considering Henry’s ne’er-do-well father is in debtor’s prison and his comically earnest older brother is busy fighting the red coats on the battlefields of Maryland. But Henry’s stubborn determination knows no bounds. As he dodges the cannon fire of clashing armies and picks among the ruins of a burning capital he meets looters, British defectors, renegade slaves, a pregnant maiden in distress, and scoundrels of all types. Mad Boy is at once an antic adventure and a thoroughly convincing work of historical fiction that recreates a young nation’s first truly international conflict and a key moment in the history of the emancipation of African-American slaves. -- Amazon.com

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alumni and Friends Memorial Book Fund.

ISBN:

9781609454586

1609454588

OCLC:

1037945301