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\nWe are pleased to continue to partner with the Ashland Public Library for this 9 week series to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the s igning of the Declaration of Independence!
\nWe're thrilled to welco me author and historian Lars D. H. Hedbor who will be discussing his book\ , The Convention: Tales From a Revolution which centers on the Co nvention Army\, captured at Saratoga\, and initially marched across to Cam bridge. While there awaiting release\, some of the captives were essential ly leased out to local farmers as laborers\, and it is that fascinating in stitution that Lars explores through the eyes of one such captive. We hope you can join us for this fascinating conversation! \; \;
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\n\nAbout the book:
\n1777\, Massachusett s: Surrender Was Just the Beginning of the Battle
\nArthur Leary tho ught that his part in the Revolution ended when his generals surrendered t heir army to the Americans after the Battle of Saratoga. Little did he kno w that political maneuvering at the highest levels of British and American government would leave him and his fellow soldiers marching across the la ndscape for years to come... unless he could find a way out. The rocky soi l of a New-England farm owned by fierce patriots to the American cause off ered him hard labor\, and harder choices -- choices which would shape his future\, and that of his country.
\nThe Convention \;is the Massachusetts volume of the Tales From a Revolution series\, in which each standalone novel examines the American War of Independence as it unf olded in a different colony. If you like exploring familiar history from u nfamiliar viewpoints\, you&rsquo\;ll love \;The Convention.
\nAbout Lars:
What made the American Colonists turn t heir back on their King\, and fight for independence? How were they differ ent from us&ndash\;and how were their hopes and fears familiar to our own hearts?
\nThese are the sorts of questions that Hedbor thinks are im portant to ask in examining the American Revolution\, and in the pages of his novels\, he suggests some possible answers.
\nHis first novel\,& nbsp\;The Prize\, was published in 2011\, followed by \;T he Light \;in 2013\, and \;The Smoke\, The Decla ration\, and \;The Break \;in 2014\; \;The W ind \;was published in 2015\, \;The Darkness \;i n 2016\, \;The Path \;in 2017\, \;The Freedman \;in 2018\, \;The Tree \;in 2019\, \;The M ine \;and \;The Siege \;in 2020\, and \; The Will \;and \;The Convention \;in 2021\, \;The Oath \;in 2022\, \;The Powder \;in 202 3\, and \;The Word \;in 2024\, making Hedbor the most pro lific novelist ever of the American Revolution. His first play\, an adapta tion of \;The Siege\, premiered in 2022.
\nHe&rsquo\;s also written extensively about this era for the Journal of the American Re volution\, and has appeared as a featured guest on an Emmy-nominated Disco very Network program\, The American Revolution\, which premiered nationall y on the American Heroes Channel in late 2014. He later appeared as a seri es expert on America: Fact vs. Fiction for Discovery Networks\, and was a panelist at the Historical Novel Society&rsquo\;s 2017 North American Conf erence\, the 2022 Authors&rsquo\; Congress\, and the 2022 20Books Vegas Co nference.
\nHe is an amateur historian\, linguist\, brewer\, cuckoo clock restorer\, fiddler\, astronomer and baker. Professionally\, he is a technologist\, high school foreign exchange coordinator\, marketer\, write r and father. His love of history drives him to share the excitement of un derstanding the events of long ago\, and how those events touch us still t oday.
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