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\nOn July 4\, 2026\, America will celebrate 250 years of independence. \;
\nThe inspiring story of a little-known hero's pivotal role in the American Revolutionary War. Duri ng the brutal winter of 1775-1776\, an untested Boston bookseller named He nry Knox commandeered an oxen train hauling sixty tons of cannons and othe r artillery from Fort Ticonderoga near the Canadian border. He and his men journeyed some three hundred miles south and east over frozen\, often-tre acherous terrain to supply George Washington for his attack of British tro ops occupying Boston.
\nThe result was the British surrender of Bost on and the first major victory for the Colonial Army.
\nThis is one of the great stories of the American Revolution\, still little known by co mparison with the more famous battles of Concord\, Lexington\, and Bunker Hill. Told with a novelist's feel for narrative\, character\, and vivid de scription\, "The Noble Train" brings to life the events and people at a ti me when the ragtag American rebels were in a desperate situation. Washingt on's army was withering away from desertion and expiring enlistments. Typh oid fever\, typhus\, and dysentery were taking a terrible toll. There was little hope of dislodging British General Howe and his 20\,000 British tro ops in Boston--until Henry Knox arrived with his supply convoy of heavy ar maments. Firing down on the city from the surrounding Dorchester Heights\, these weapons created a decisive turning point.
\nAn act of near de speration fueled by courage\, daring\, and sheer tenacity led to a tremend ous victory for the cause of independence.
\nThis exciting tale of d aunting odds and undaunted determination highlights a pivotal episode that changed history.
\nPresenter: William Elliott Hazelgrove is the Nat ional Bestselling author of ten novels and fourteen narrative nonfiction t itles. His books have received starred reviews in Publisher Weekly Kirkus\ , Booklist\, Book of the Month Selections\, Distinguished Book Award\, ALA Editors Choice Awards Junior Library Guild Selections\, Literary Guild Se lections\, History Book Club Selections and optioned for the movies. He wa s the Ernest Hemingway Writer in Residence where he wrote in the attic of Ernest Hemingway's birthplace. He has written articles and reviews for "US A TODAY"\, "The Smithsonian Magazine"\, "Daily Mail UK"\, and other public ations and has been featured on "NPR All Things Considered". "The New York Times"\, "LA Times"\, "Chicago Tribune"\, CSPAN\, "Variety USA Today" hav e all covered his books with features. His books "Tobacco Sticks"\, "The P itcher"\, "Real Santa"\, and "Madam President" have been optioned for scre en and television rights. His book "Madam President: The Secret Presidency of Edith Wilson" is currently in development. The option on "The Pitcher" was fully executed when the script was approved. \;
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