01545nam a22001937a 4500 3565 FISKH 20251016110802.0 240320b cb ||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d FISKH eng FISKH FISKH PZ7.A4637 813.54 Alter, Robert Edmond Listen, the drum! A novel of Washington's first command By Robert Edmond Alter New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1963 189 pages : 21 cm. Matt Burnett joins the militia when he hears of pending French and Indian attacks upon colonial settlers. He immediately finds himself regarded as a hero and at the same time a spy-suspect, both situations arising from a series of incidents involving the young Major George Washington. Matt and Chief, his elderly Indian accomplice, begin their adventure by foiling an ambush of Washington. Shortly afterward, Matt is part of the young Washington's first military command. The colonial militia, augmented by British regulars, sets out to intercept a French and Indian invasion. Washington is beset by the resentment of regular British officers at being subordinate to a colonist. He is also hampered by the lack of discipline in his militia, and by the nagging doubt about whether one of the colonials in his command is practicing treachery. The climax comes when the young colonel, abandoned by the British and outnumbered by the enemy, decides to erect a primitive defense which history remembers as Fort Necessity. ddc BK 0 3565 3565 0 0 lcc 0 0 FIC 001 001 ATKSF 2024-03-20 0 ALT 813.54 PZ7.A4637 2024-0370 2024-03-20 14:18:24 1 2024-03-20 BK