William Hunter Finding Free Speech
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A recently discovered journal and extensive research provide the reader of William Hunter Finding Free Speech a fresh perspective on American life in the early days of our Republic. Throughout the book, liberal firsthand recollections add authenticity.

William was the son of a British soldier. The family traveled with William’s father’s regiment and William lived in major cities, including New Brunswick, New Jersey, New York City, and Montreal, Canada. William gives an account of his first day in school in Montreal as well as the hardship suffered by British captives and their families. William witnessed the privations suffered by the rebels and experienced the suffering of the British soldiers and their families during the harsh, bitter revolutionary winters.

William’s family returned to England where William began a printing apprenticeship. William eventually returned to America where he hoped for better career opportunities and a more welcoming social and political environment. Many of the issues he faced as a publisher in the late 1700s and early 1800s would be recognized by a publisher today.

The book will be of interest to a reader interested in the life of an ordinary man who experienced the early days of our Republic.

Eugene A. Procknow brings the American Revolution to life from a fresh perspective. Based on the journal of William Hunter, the son of a British soldier fighting the American Rebels, this immaculately researched book tells a tale that we’ve not heard before. Women’s and children’s roles and the trials of military life on both sides of the fight are illuminated, inspiring the desire to turn the page and learn more about William’s interesting life in journalism, manufacturing, and politics after the war. Truly a compelling and worthwhile read.