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The whiskey rebels

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The whiskey rebels
David Liss
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An edition of The whiskey rebels: a novel (2008)

The whiskey rebels

a novel

Ballantine Books trade pbk. ed.
  • 3.00 ·
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  • 1 Have read

Ethan Saunders, a former spy for George Washington, is recruited by Alexander Hamilton to find his ex-fiancee's missing husband. Meanwhile, Joan Maycott and her veteran husband, amid hardship and deprivation on the western Pennsylvania frontier, find unlikely friendship and a chance for prosperity with a new method of distilling whiskey. The Maycotts' success however attracts the brutal attention of men in Hamilton's orbit, men who threaten to destroy all Joan holds dear. As their causes intertwine, Joan and Saunders--both patriots in their own way--find themselves on opposing sides of a daring scheme that will forever change their lives and their new country.

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Ballantine Books
Language
English
Pages
548

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Cover of: The whiskey rebels
The whiskey rebels: a novel
2009, Ballantine Books
in English - Ballantine Books trade pbk. ed.
Cover of: The whiskey rebels
The whiskey rebels: a novel
2009, Ballantine Books
in English - Ballantine Books trade pbk. ed.
Cover of: The whiskey rebels
The whiskey rebels: a novel
2008, Random House
in English - 1st ed.
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The Whiskey Rebels
2008, Random House Publishing Group
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The whiskey rebels
2008, Thorndike Press
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Edition Notes

"Random House reader's circle"--Cover.

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New York
Genre
Fiction

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
813/.54
Library of Congress
PS3562.I7814 W48 2009

The Physical Object

Pagination
548 p. ;
Number of pages
548

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL23730596M
ISBN 13
9780812974539
LCCN
2009464629

Work Description

David Liss's bestselling historical thrillers, including A Conspiracy of Paper and The Coffee Trader, have been called remarkable and rousing: the perfect combination of scrupulous research and breathless excitement. Now Liss delivers his best novel yet in an entirely new setting--America in the years after the Revolution, an unstable nation where desperate schemers vie for wealth, power, and a chance to shape a country's destiny.Ethan Saunders, once among General Washington's most valued spies, now lives in disgrace, haunting the taverns of Philadelphia. An accusation of treason has long since cost him his reputation and his beloved fiancee, Cynthia Pearson, but at his most desperate moment he is recruited for an unlikely task--finding Cynthia's missing husband. To help her, Saunders must serve his old enemy, Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton, who is engaged in a bitter power struggle with political rival Thomas Jefferson over the fragile young nation's first real financial institution: the Bank of the United States.Meanwhile, Joan Maycott is a young woman married to another Revolutionary War veteran. With the new states unable to support their ex-soldiers, the Maycotts make a desperate gamble: trade the chance of future payment for the hope of a better life on the western Pennsylvania frontier. There, amid hardship and deprivation, they find unlikely friendship and a chance for prosperity with a new method of distilling whiskey. But on an isolated frontier, whiskey is more than a drink; it is currency and power, and the Maycotts' success attracts the brutal attention of men in Hamilton's orbit, men who threaten to destroy all Joan holds dear.As their causes intertwine, Joan and Saunders--both patriots in their own way--find themselves on opposing sides of a daring scheme that will forever change their lives and their new country. The Whiskey Rebels is a superb rendering of a perilous age and a nation nearly torn apart--and David Liss's most powerful novel yet.From the Hardcover edition.

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