The Loyalist's Wife: A Novel of the American Revolution

It's 1777 in New York's fertile Mohawk Valley, and tenant farmers Jane and Philip Hopper have very different ideas about the war for independence that has consumed the 13 colonies. To Philip, rebellion against the king is appalling. But Jane, recovering from the death of a newborn son, has taken solace from the hope embedded in the simple phrase "the pursuit of happiness."

The war comes home when Philip is arrested for his Loyalist views and then escapes, leaving Jane to fend for herself. S...