Men Who Choose Liberty (eBook)

'Men Who Choose Liberty' follows the men who fought for America's welfare and believed England aspired for nothing less than absolute superiority over their colonies. The tale is grounded in historical facts and mixes myth and reality based on actual life events. The characters, explored from childhood until death, lead readers to see that today's partisan politics are not unique. The six characters Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Patrick Henry, Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and James Wilkinson are intoxicating, like youth soon lost.

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In "e;Men Who Choose Liberty,"e; Handaside debunks the education system's history of America. Using creative non-fiction as his vehicle, he unwinds the myths of America's founding to reveal that history doesn't repeat itself, it rhymes. The present often breaks into fragments of antique myths. Lying and backstabbing in politicians' quest for power is as old as our ancestors first walking the earth. This creative nonfiction novel about the founding of the American experiment follows six founding fathers from their youth to the summer of 1775: Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Patrick Henry, Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and James Wilkinson. The colonists plowed the ground for rebellion, the field of liberty needing cultivation. These six grabbed hold of the words of liberty and delved into an uncertain future, finding holes and secrets within themselves and each other. These stories are grounded in historical fact and a decade of research.