The Patriots Club
Author: Christopher Reich
Category: Fiction
Reviewer: Jan Woodcock
Department/Position: Library/Media
Summary:
Who would have thought that Thomas Bolden would become a successful Wall Street businessman, living the high life and about to become engaged to the perfect woman? Having grown up as "Tommy B from the wrong side of the tracks," Thomas Bolden is a bootstraps guy who managed to leave the past behind and carve out a nice life for himself as successful Wall Street businessman. His world turns upside down when he is inexplicably kidnapped. His captors apparently think he has valuable information about something--but Bolden has no idea what. He's released, but his problems are far from over. Soon he becomes mired in a manhunt that forces him to tap into the street skills he learned as an orphan. As he runs for his life--literally--he uncovers secrets involving a bizarre club of corrupt politicos with roots extending back to the Founding Fathers.
Recommended Audience: Young adult/adult and anyone interested in American history.
Rating: 5 (high)
This book is available in the AHS Library.
Category: Fiction
Reviewer: Jan Woodcock
Department/Position: Library/Media
Summary:
Who would have thought that Thomas Bolden would become a successful Wall Street businessman, living the high life and about to become engaged to the perfect woman? Having grown up as "Tommy B from the wrong side of the tracks," Thomas Bolden is a bootstraps guy who managed to leave the past behind and carve out a nice life for himself as successful Wall Street businessman. His world turns upside down when he is inexplicably kidnapped. His captors apparently think he has valuable information about something--but Bolden has no idea what. He's released, but his problems are far from over. Soon he becomes mired in a manhunt that forces him to tap into the street skills he learned as an orphan. As he runs for his life--literally--he uncovers secrets involving a bizarre club of corrupt politicos with roots extending back to the Founding Fathers.
Recommended Audience: Young adult/adult and anyone interested in American history.
Rating: 5 (high)
This book is available in the AHS Library.
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