Mark Manly

An action/romance that takes place in Boston, in the years just prior to and then during the American Revolution, as the hero stands up for his inalienable rights, first as a teenage boy and then as a man, all while trying to win the heart of the British governor's niece. The story is good but the opening chase scene which takes up most of the first half of the book is this novel's best feature (especially if you're a sailor), as Mark Manly and his father, with the governor's niece aboard, ...