Stock characters in this work include Dr. Sitgreaves and the servant Caesar Thompson, who works on an estate known as The Locusts.
Stock characters in this work include Dr. Sitgreaves and the servant Caesar Thompson, who works on an estate known as The Locusts. At one point pursued by Captain Lawton, the title figure uses the falls off a horse to escape, only to be captured by a band of men known as Skinners (*) who deliver him to Major Dunwoodie. The protagonist escapes again and makes Sarah Wharton faint when he reveals that Colonel Wellmere, to whom Sarah was engaged, is already married. Early on, the title character relays messages to Mr. Harper in front of the loyalist Mr. Wharton, as the former is really George Washington in disguise. Subtitled "A Tale of the Neutral Ground," FTP, name this James Fennimore Cooper novel in which the title character, Harvey Birch, is so good at being a double agent for the Americans that many think he is on the British side.
Stock characters in this work include Dr. Sitgreaves and the servant Caesar Thompson, who works on an estate known as The Locusts.
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