My Brother, My Enemy

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By Madge Harrah
Publisher Simon Schuster Children's Publishing
My Brother, My Enemy
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The drama of the Bacon Rebellion through the eyes of a boy caught up in that dress rehearsal for our War for Independence Tony HillermanRobert Bradford finds his house in flames, his family massacred by the Susquehannocks, and one special arrow that proves to him that Naokan, his blood brother, was involved. Determined to avenge the deaths, Robert joins with a band of plantation owners organized by Nathaniel Bacon to protect their land against Indian attacks. Robert finds that Bacon wants Virginias colonists to sever ties with England and rule themselves. This riveting novel, set one hundred years before the Revolutionary War, has been praised by Professor William M. Dabney of the University of New Mexico as a fascinating and historically sound account of Bacons Rebellion.

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144 pages144 pages
Lexile 790LLexile 790L
Published 1997Published 1997

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9780689809682

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