Award-winning historical fiction authors Jenny L. Cote and Libby McNamee hosted Epic Patriot Camp 2022 with twenty-five campers aged 10-19 from fourteen states, D.C. and one from Australia. These epic young people assumed the identity of and researched a Patriot, Loyalist or French Revolutionary character to answer three questions:
How did the American Revolution come to my doorstep?
How did I get involved in the American Revolution?
What's my story in 1776?
The point of camp is to encourage the next generation to learn America's epic history and to tell the story for generations to come. We taught them how crucial it is to get the research right, and to thoroughly study the good, the bad, and the ugly of history. We also taught them how to make history come alive by relaying the facts with fictional fun.
This is their story, told in their words.
*Abigail Adams *John Adams *Beaumarchais *Silas Deane *Benjamin Franklin *Nathanael Greene *Patrick Henry *Thomas Jefferson *Henry Knox *Lafayette *Charles Lee *Thomas Paine *Israel Putnam *King Louis XVI *Joseph Plumb Martin *George Washington *Martha Washington *Sir Guy Carleton *Sir Henry Clinton *Lord Charles Cornwallis *Lord Dunmore *Admiral Richard Howe *General William Howe *King George III *Banastre Tarleton
Author Biography:
Libby McNamee is a lawyer, pubic speaker, and the award-winning author of two upper-middle-grade historical novels, Susanna's Midnight Ride: The Girl Who Won the Revolutionary War and Dolley Madison and the War of 1812: America's First Lady, as well as their accompanying Study Guides. She loves making Author Visits to school groups in person and virtually. In addition, she would love to talk to your historical society and book club. Currently she is writing a third novel about the Civil War, Elizabeth Van Lew: The Union Spymistress of Richmond. Sign up for her monthly Dispatch on her website at LibbyMcNamee.com for fun historical tidbits. Find her on Facebook and Instagram @libbymcnameeauthor.A native of Boston, Libby now lives in Richmond, Virginia. She is a graduate of Georgetown University and Catholic University School of Law. She also served as a Major in the U.S. Army JAG Corps in Korea, Bosnia, Germany and Washington State. Award-winning author and speaker Jenny L. Cote, who developed an early passion for God, history, and young people, beautifully blends these three passions in her two fantasy fiction series, The Amazing Tales of Max and Liz(R) and Epic Order of the Seven(R). Likened to C. S. Lewis by readers and book reviewers alike, she speaks on creative writing to schools, universities, and conferences around the world. Jenny has a passion for making history fun for kids of all ages, instilling in them a desire to discover their part in HIStory. Her love for research has taken her to most Revolutionary sites in the U.S., to London (with unprecedented access to Handel House Museum to write in Handel's composing room), Oxford (to stay in the home of C. S. Lewis, 'the Kilns, ' and interview Lewis' secretary, Walter Hooper at the Inklings' famed The Eagle and Child Pub), Paris, Normandy, Rome, Israel, and Egypt. She partnered with the National Park Service to create Epic Patriot Camp, a summer writing camp at Revolutionary parks to excite kids about history, research, and writing. Jenny's books are available online and in stores around the world, as well as in audio and e-book formats. Jenny has been featured by FOX NEWS on Fox & Friends and local Fox Affiliates, as well as numerous Op-Ed pieces on FoxNews.com. She has also been interviewed by nationally syndicated radio and print media, as well as international publications. Jenny holds two marketing degrees from the University of Georgia and Georgia State University. A Virginia native, Jenny now lives with her family in Roswell, Georgia. Learn more about Jenny at www.epicorderoftheseven.com.
