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The Epic Story of 1776

INDEPENDENCE: As told by America's next generation.
Award-winning historical fiction authors Jenny L. Cote and Libby McNamee hosted Epic Patriot Camp 2022 with twenty-five young writers 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 Sympathiser to present one of the most epic tales about the events of 1776 and the influential figures who were part of it.
This is their story. Told in their words.

Praise for The Epic Story of 1776
“History Matters... The Grateful American Book Prize endorses The Epic Story of 1776: 25 People, 13 Colonies and 1 War by Jenny L. Cote and Libby Carty McNamee.”
— John Grimaldi & David Bruce Smith
Grateful American Book Prize
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