{"product_id":"saving-washington-chris-formant-9781682618776","title":"Saving Washington: The Forgotten Story of the Maryland 400 and the Battle of Brooklyn","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSaving Washington \u003c\/i\u003eFilm Rights Optioned by Producer of HBO's \u003ci\u003eBig Little Lies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe lost story of \"America's 400 Spartans\"--an army of unexpected heroes who changed the course of history.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOn a marshy Brooklyn battlefield on August 27, 1776, four hundred men from Baltimore, Maryland assembled to do battle against a vastly superior British army. Seemingly overnight, these young soldiers had matured from na ve teenagers to perhaps the most important, yet most forgotten, citizen soldiers in all of American history: \"America's 400 Spartans.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eSaving Washington \u003c\/i\u003efollows young Joshua Bolton and his childhood friend Ben Wright, a freed black man, as they witness British tyranny firsthand, become enraptured by the cause, and ultimately enlist to defend their new nation in a battle that galvanized the American nation on the eve of its birth. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Chris Formant's gripping tale blends real-life historical figures and events with richly developed fictional characters in a multi-dimensional world of intrigue, romance, comradeship, and sacrifice, transporting us two-and-a-half centuries back in time to the bustling streets of Baltimore and the bloody, smoke-filled carnage of battle in Brooklyn.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Chris Formant\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1682618773\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781682618776\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Permuted Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/12\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.97lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d","brand":"Chris Formant","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44138643521791,"sku":"9781682618776","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e5c2d69e-e34b-41d4-ad54-37f30153d0f0.jpg?v=1687900780","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/saving-washington-chris-formant-9781682618776","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}