They had already gotten Edward Jones upon the platform of the gallows. They had put a sack over his head. The rope dangled from the gallows an arm above. A soldier slipped the noose over his head. My eyes were misty and I couldn't see very well. Nathaniel Bartlett, the Presbyterian minister, stepped up onto the scaffold and said a prayer. Then he stepped away. I looked down at the ground. There was a funny thump and the crowd gasped. I looked up. Jones was hanging down below the scaffold at the end of the rope. His feet almost touched the ground and they were sort of dancing around.
My Brother Sam is Dead pg 207-208 Christopher and James Lincoln Collier
My Brother Sam is Dead pg 207-208 Christopher and James Lincoln Collier
My Brother Sam is Dead is a gripping novel about one family during the Revolutionary war. Set in Redding, Connecticut, the story shows you what things were really like growing up with a war raging outside your window. Tim is an average young boy, growing up in a not-so-average family. His father is a die-hard Loyalist, and wants nothing more than the British to continue their rule of the colonies. He believes that the Patriots are overreacting to completely fair laws. Although being a Loyalist is very normal in a Tory town like Redding, having a son defying your beliefs is abnormal. Tim's brother Sam is sixteen years old, and he has joined the Continental Army. Having a family split between two loyalties is hard. Tim doesn't know which side is the right side, and tensions are high between Tim's father, Life, and Tim's brother Sam. With Sam away fighting all the time, Tim has a larger workload that's hard to keep up with. Things are going wrong left and right in Redding. There are attacks from both sides of the war, and miscommunications between friends and foes are running high. Will Tim finally pick a side? What will happen between the Meeker family? Will everyone make it out of this war alive?