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Buckskin Pimpernel: The Exploits of Justus Sherwood, Loyalist Spy
Author(s): Mary Beacock Fryer (Author)
- Publisher: Dundurn Press
- Publication Date: August 21, 1996
- Edition: First Edition
- Language: English
- Print length: 288 pages
- ISBN-10: 0919670571
- ISBN-13: 9780919670570
Book Description
At the beginning of the American Revolution, Justus Sherwood left his young family in order to serve with the King’s forces, first with General Burgoyne on his disastrous invasion of New York. He was soon appointed Supervisor of Spies and Prisoner Exchanges, and from his “Loyal Blockhouse” on Lake Champlain he sent out raiding parties and spying missions to harass the rebels in New York and England.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“A biography of this type must take into account the unsettled political climate of the area and times and this Fryer does with admirable dexterity.”
― Quill & Quire
About the Author
Mary Beacock Fryer (1929–2017) was a well-known expert on Upper Canadian history. She wrote a trilogy on the Simcoe family: Elizabeth Posthuma Simcoe: A Biography, Our Young Soldier: Lieutenant Francis Simcoe, 6 June 1791-6 April 1812, and John Graves Simcoe: 1752-1806, A Biography. Among Fryer’s other books are Escape, Beginning Again, and Buckskin Pimpernel.
