Wedgwood Circle

MARBLEHEAD GRAPHIC NOVEL [MARBLEHEAD WILL BE A FULL-COLOR 120 PAGE GRAPHIC NOVEL TELLING THE TRUE STORY OF THE MARBLEHEAD REGIMENT, WHO SERVED WITH DISTINCTION DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR. THE NOVEL WILL CENTER ON THREE YOUNG SOLDIERS WHO WILL REFLECT AND CONNECT WITH THE TARGET AGE GROUP: MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS. JOHN RHODES RUSSELL WAS A SOLDIER OF BRITISH DESCENT FROM A PROMINENT MARBLEHEAD FAMILY WHO WENT TO WAR FOR HONOR AND DUTY'S SAKE. ISAAC MORGAN WAS AN ASSIMILATED INDIGENOUS SOLDIER FROM THE NATICK TRIBE WHOSE ENLISTMENT WAS AN EFFORT TO GAIN FURTHER ENTRY INTO COLONIAL SOCIETY, MUCH TO THE CHAGRIN OF HIS OLDER COMRADE SARRAGOSHEH, WHO HAILED FROM A DIFFERENT TRIBE AND HELD VERY DIFFERENT VIEWS. BOSTON BLACK, AFRICAN-AMERICAN VALET TO MARBLEHEAD CAPTAIN JOHN GLOVER, ROUNDS OUT THE CORE TRIO OF CHARACTERS. THE INCIDENTS, BATTLES AND LOCATIONS DEPICTED IN THE GRAPHIC NOVEL WILL REFLECT THE HISTORICAL RECORD.]