Growing up in Putnam County, named after General Israel Putnam, I walked its roads and explored the hills and valleys American rebels tread. I often thought, what would I have done when the head of the state, King George III of England, ignored the rights of the American colonies and the rule of law? Would I have marched to the tune of the revolution and been in a regiment commanded by General Putnam or sided with the loyalists?
“The World Turn’d Upside,” Volume Two of four of “Creating a Republic,” is my perception of the founding of the American experiment for citizens who care about democracy. I have attempted to give each character their own story from the beginning of the revolt in the summer of 1775. I am a researcher and historian and intend the novel to be of value to all who cherish liberty and the creation of all things beautiful. I have attempted to abstain from indulging in the minutia of the past so anyone with a limited historical background can wade through the story. 
In school, a teacher triggered my interest in the founding of America. She asked: "What would you have done when the most powerful nation on earth, headed by King George III and Parliament, attacked your rights, taxed you without representation, and placed you beneath the rule of law?"
This question burned in my soul for years and finally led me to answer it using six founders who risked their lives. The characters in this creative nonfiction novel, rooted in actual persons long deceased, cared about the welfare of the land that bound them.                                       
Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, Patrick Henry, Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and James Wilkinson are intoxicating, like youth soon lost. 
I have spent a decade researching these Patriots, who helped found and were at the country's helm. The novel is grounded in historical facts by mixing myth, reality, and extraordinary personalities.