Tim Meeker is a young boy that lives in Redding, Connecticut around the time when the Revolutionary War begins. His brother, Sam, enrolls to be a soldier for Continental Army, even though his father is a Loyalist. Sam is headstrong and reckless, and ignores warnings from his family. Tim is torn between his loyalty to his father and to his brother. Later in the book, Tim and his father takes cattle to New York, where they trade it for money and supplies. However, in their return trip, Tim's father mysteriously disappears because of cattle thieves/cow-boys, and later in the book it is found out that he had died on a prison ship because of cholera. After this, Sam and the Continental Army comes to Redding to stay for awhile. There, while Sam is visiting his mother and Tim, some soldiers from the Continental steal cattle from Tim's family's livestock. Sam tries to stop the thieves, but they accuse Sam of stealing the cows when the officers arrive. Sam is not guilty, but General Putnam executes him. Tim tries so hard to prove him not guilty, but Sam dies from being shot and put on fire. The story cuts to 1826, where is shows Sam is grown up and he is very successful in life.
I thought this story was really sad. Especially for Susannah, Tim's mother. She lost a husband and her son. Who would want that? It's scary how war made all of the men so...desperate and crazy. The Collier brothers did a great job. :)
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