By Alfred Patrick
Hessian Soldier, American Pioneer: A March to future, is a piece of old fiction in keeping with the lifetime of Johann Jakob Rierschneck, “father” of Rasnake, Rasnic, and Rasnick clans. during this unbelievable, dramatic, action-filled novel, Johann Jakob Rierschneck, a tender German farmer, is conscripted into his prince's military, wrested from his kinfolk and sweetheart, and shipped to the USA to struggle for the British opposed to their colonists within the American innovative battle. The soldier endures perils, hardships, and deprivations on a stormy, tumultuous ocean crossing. as well as hazards in battles, on wooden strains, and whereas foraging and scouting, the younger guy tolerates scarce and sometimes nearly inedible rations in addition to insufficient garments and preserve. Jakob cheats demise in battles yet suffers loneliness, heartaches, and incredible hardships in the United States. however the soldier starts to dream. Can he stay in the US if he survives the warfare? Can he develop into an American farmer? A landholder? Can he carry his sweetheart to the US? His family members?
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