{"title":"Author: John Conradis","description":"\u003cp\u003eJOHN CONRADIS learned his love of American history from his father who was a published author of local Civil War history in Frederick and Montgomery Counties, Maryland. He has been a student of the Colonial and Revolutionary War periods in Maryland since his teens and has spent years researching Maryland’s role in the Revolution. He is a member of the Company of Military Historians. He saw active service in the U.S. Army in Vietnam; and was a career intelligence collection officer for thirty years, which included a number of assignments overseas. John lives in Bethesda, Maryland with his wife, Hazel Bagwell. Their son Brandon Conradis is a journalist who currently lives and works in Bonn, Germany.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"101-c4380","title":"The Willing War: A Novel of Maryland in the American Revolution","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Willing War\u003c\/em\u003e is the first volume of the Old Line Chronicles, a series of novels about Maryland and its people in the American Revolution. The novel takes place during the critical period of uncertainty from 1774 to America's decision to declare independence in July 1776; a time when intrigue and covert action were powerful tools used by both sides. The Willing War follows the dreams and tribulations of two lovers, Christopher Sims and Hannah Williams, from their insular rural lives in Frederick County, Maryland, to the center stage of revolutionary America. Sharing their trials with such fictional and historical characters as Rachel Jones, Mordecai Gist, Terry Simon, and Mary Goddard, Christopher and Hannah's adventures take them to Baltimore and the Eastern Shore, and expose both to espionage, a plot to kidnap a member of the Maryland delegation to Congress, murder and a looming war, and test their commitment not only to the cause but also to each other. Based upon years of deep and broad research, this novel is the story of two people who decide that they are not victims, nor innocent bystanders, but are, in fact, the revolution. Christopher will go off to join the ranks of Smallwood's legendary Maryland Regiment, while Hannah cares for the family of one of Maryland's most prominent patriot leaders, putting both of them in harm's way. The keen observation of colonial society provided in this novel is enhanced by rarely reproduced maps of eighteenth century Maryland from the Huntingfield Collection of the Maryland State Archives. The adventures of Christopher Sims and Hannah Williams and other major characters from The Willing War continue in A Vagabond Army?a romance of Maryland in the first two years of the war of independence.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn C. Conradis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2007, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, 254 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780788443800\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-C4380\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":37055435408,"sku":"101-C4380","price":25.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-c4380-1500px.png?v=1776976670"},{"product_id":"101-c4620","title":"A Vagabond Army: A Novel of Maryland in the American Revolution; Volume Two of The Old Line Chronicles","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Vagabond Army\u003c\/em\u003e, the second volume in this series, once again seamlessly blends early American life with our Revolutionary War history in another fast-moving, absorbing historical romance. In the summer of 1776, the rage militaire has captured the imagination of the citizens of the newly declared United States of America, who are convinced that one decisive battle will win their independence. This battle takes place on Long Island and is a disaster for the Continental Army, which barely escapes utter destruction. Fortunately it does not prove to be the definitive battle of the revolution. It is, however, the beginning of a nightmare of shameful defeats and panicked retreats for the American army, as it tries desperately to survive this campaign in order to resurrect itself for another, more hopeful campaign. All depends on a little band of amateur soldiers who must sacrifice themselves for a country now unsure of its reason for being.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis is just the beginning of the further adventures of Christopher Sims, as he fights for his country and his life alongside his comrades as a member of Smallwood's legendary Marylanders. Made prisoner at the Battle of Princeton and incarcerated in one of the hellish prison ships known as the \"Hulks,\" Christopher's only hope to live is a desperate escape attempt. Even as Christopher struggles to survive, his love, Hannah Williams, has, herself, been made prisoner by Loyalist pirates terrorizing the Chesapeake Bay. The search for Hannah will involve her friends in a little known war within a war fought between Maryland patriots and British loyalists among the confusion of islands and hidden inlets of the Chesapeake Bay.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn C. Conradis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2008, 5.5\" x 8.5\", paper, 300 pp.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eISBN: 9780788446207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e101-C4620\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Heritage Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":37055339728,"sku":"101-C4620","price":28.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1654\/3033\/files\/101-c4620-1500px.png?v=1776976684"},{"product_id":"101-c5770","title":"The Well Fought Day: A Novel of Maryland in the American Revolution","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVolume Three of The Old Line Chronicles\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Well Fought Day\u003c\/em\u003e concludes a three-volume novel of Maryland in the Revolutionary War. It tells the story of Maryland men and women who sought to create a society that stood for all that was worthy in people. What they achieved was imperfect — but it gave to their succeeding generations the legacy of a nation that constantly seeks to be exceptional.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis volume continues the story of Marylanders through the experiences of John Pace Anders, from Frederick, Maryland, who, like his friends and neighbors, joined a citizen army at the beginning of hostilities, serving with the Continental Army as it desperately sought to survive in 1776. His continuing military service led to a variety of adventures, from skirmishes with Loyalist forces on Maryland's Eastern Shore, to major battles with Washington's Army, and staff assignments in the Eastern Shore town of Salisbury and the state capitol of Annapolis. Among the many people Pace meets are two who become central in his life. When not serving in the militia, Hyman Cohen is an important businessman who proves to be useful in furthering Pace's ambition to become a political notable in Maryland's new state government. Pace also meets and later begins a war-torn relationship with the independent-minded Eve Nicholson. His relationships with these two people become intertwined with the everyday and not-so-everyday lives they live and share with others as all deal with an uncertain future. Eve and Pace become unexpected parents leading to a series of events which causes Eve to flee with their daughter to Charleston, South Carolina. Learning of this, Pace travels to Charleston to be united with Eve and their daughter, all in time to experience the British siege of 1780. With his new family safe, Pace escapes from the city while helping an injured Francis Marion and is involved in new adventures—serving with Francis Marion's partisans and once again with the Maryland Continental Line—before finally reuniting with Eve and his daughter and finding their way back to Maryland.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMeticulous attention to historical context and events, much of it little known to most readers, serves as the backdrop for a work of fiction which is both a profound historical novel and a compelling historical romance, one which will please readers who enjoy both genres.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn C. 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