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The Patriot Surgeon: Victory or Death
During the spring of 1775, tensions and tempers boiled over and armed conflict erupted between the American colonists and the military forces of their mother country, England. As 1776 looms on the horizon, General George Washington, commander of the American forces, finds himself in a stalemate. He has 6,000 British soldiers throttled in the city of Boston and yearns to pick a fight. His plan, along with Congress, is to force the British Parliament to address the complaints and demands of the colonists. The Crown and Parliament would do so, but not in the fashion that he and his fellow patriots expected. 1776 would prove to be a tumultuous and monumental year for the young United States. Kin...
The Patriot Surgeon
During the tumultuous years leading up to the outbreak of the American Revolution, Christian and Tamanend Maier, two brothers from rural Pennsylvania, pursue their goals to become physicians. Different in many ways, they take different paths and face diverse challenges in their quests to become ‘doctors of physick.’ Much of The Patriot Surgeon: Coming of Age is set in colonial Philadelphia and Boston, amid the panoply of well known historical figures and turmoil of political discontent. We follow the two young men as they endure the grueling hours their training requires, revel in their accomplishments and agonize with the sufferings of their patients. They at last reunite in the outskirts of Boston during the days leading up to the deadly fighting that would become known as The Battle of Bunker Hill. On that horrific day of battle, their skills and talents would be needed for the men who fell and the country they loved.
Murder in the Time of Plague
Murder in the Time of Plague is a novel set during the summer of 1793 when Philadelphia is decimated by a yellow fever epidemic that infects nearly one half of its citizens and kills as many as 200 poor souls daily. During this time a second killer roams the streets, taking the form of a murderer who terrorizes the beleaguered nations capital by stealing into his victims homes and with unprecedented surgical technique harvests their organs, one at a time. Dr. Christian Maier, a former surgeon for the British Army during the war for independence, returns to the city of his youth as the repatriated medical examiner. In addition to helping the city deal with the yellow fever outbreak, Dr. Maier uses the most advanced scientific methods of the day to analyze and investigate the crimes in his quest to bring the young nations first serial murderer to justice.
Health Czar
During the early years of 20th century one man strives to improve the 'American Race' and transform it into the Master Race. Dr. Simon Kraft, the nation's first Secretary of the Department of Health, champions the eugenic movement that has captured the hearts and minds of Americans. He facilitates the passage of Health Laws that help to eliminate the unfit and provides federal funding for research that focuses on human experimentation and a "baby birthing" laboratory destined to stress the limits of genetic manipulation. Only the valiant efforts of Loretta Frontenac, a young small town lawyer, can oppose the Health Czar and the steamrolling effects of the social-scientific movement that has become the law of the land. Health Czar moves from the operating room to the court room and from the halls of Congress into the White House.
The Patriot Surgeon: 14Th Colony
Following the Battle of Bunker Hill in early July of 1775, George Washington takes command of the seventeen thousand men who lay siege to the city of Boston, where General Thomas Gage and his four thousand regular army troops valiantly hold out. Parliament and representatives of Great Britain no longer listen to the complaints and requests of the colonials and decline to negotiate the issues. Like his fellow members of Congress, Washington is committed to an early end of the conflict. Washington determines that, by improving the negotiating position of the American colonists, Great Britain will accede to the demands of Congress. Many in the province of Canada are similarly oppressed and dise...
Time of Your Life
The concept of aging is undergoing a radical change, thanks to a nation of baby boomers who are reaching their fifties and sixties. Jane Glenn Haas has been writing about the unique qualities of her generation for the past ten years, exploring issues regarding family, relationships, and social changes. Her insightful stories are an honest reflection of a vibrant generation whose members are embracing the benefits of their time of life.
Mastering Boston Harbor
Mastering Boston Harbor chronicles how America's most glorious and historically significant harbor was rescued from decades of pollution and neglect by a community of caring citizens who were linked to an environmentally committed judge and his special harbor master. This dynamic public-private team shaped novel legal and political procedures for governing and restoring the harbor. Charles Haar provides a fascinating study of the convergence of judicial supervision with political, environmental, financial, and technological interests. He challenges those who will instantly decry an "activist" judiciary and pulls back the curtain on the serious problems a court faces when it must grapple with...
