The Prize, Lars D. H. Hedbor
The Prize, Lars D. H. Hedbor
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The Prize
Tales From a Revolution - Vermont

Author: Lars D. H. Hedbor

Narrator: Shamaan Casey

Unabridged: 5 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/30/2020

Synopsis

The Biggest Heroes Are Sometimes UnsungCaleb’s father is serving with Ethan Allen’s Green Mountain Boys as the long-anticipated open war against the British rages up and down the length of Lake Champlain. Between his duties on the family farm and constant worry about his father’s safety, the young man’s attentions are already fully occupied when a fateful encounter with an unlikely neighbor changes everything. Pulled into new intrigues and new friendships, Caleb finds himself on a path that changes his life - and which will affect the outcome of the whole war.The Prize is the Vermont volume in the Tales From a Revolution series, in which each standalone novel explores how the American War of Independence unfolds across a different colony or future state. If you like stories such as The Deerslayer, or you’ve ever wondered how the Revolution affected the lives of ordinary people in out-of-the-way corners of America, you’ll love The Prize.Read The Prize today and see the American Revolution touched people in every corner of the colonies!

Reviews

Goodreads review by Michelle on September 29, 2011

On the border between New York and Vermont lies Lake Champlain, like a 125-mile-long wedge cleaving the two states apart. Its northern end has access to the all-important St. Lawrence River; its southern end nearly reaches the Hudson River. During the centuries in which water travel was far superior......more

Goodreads review by Noah on August 05, 2011

I LOVED THIS BOOK!!! Since Ii have a camp right on Lake Champlain and have a perfect view of Carleton's Prize (The Prize) i could see everything unfold. I could see the battle here right on the lake. Who thought a 15 year old boy and a pirate could perform a friendship to become family, when the boy......more

Goodreads review by Kate on November 21, 2013

This book was absolutely wonderful. Having grown up in that area or Vermont I found it extremely easy to picture the settlement and the lake which created a lot of nostalgia for me. Great balance of fact and fiction. I was slightly disappointed in the ending but perhaps I just wasn't ready to let th......more

Goodreads review by Troy on October 26, 2013

Overall, this was a very good book. I absolutely loved the characters, and the author's use of historical context was incredible. Since the historical context was what I was searching for, and the author made me feel like I was in Vermont during the American Revolution, I gave it five stars. However,......more

Goodreads review by Samantha on February 10, 2022

The Prize is an enjoyable story that focuses on a small settlement on Lake Champlain at the beginning of the American Revolution. It starts out as a sweet romance with the war brewing in the background, but in the second half the war is brought to the forefront as British and American ships clash in......more

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