John Durkee: The Forgotten Story of Connecticut's Bold Man From Bean Hill

John Durkee: The Forgotten Story of Connecticut’s Bold Man from Bean Hill brings to audiences the story of a long-forgotten Connecticut Colonel from Norwich, Connecticut who served with distinction in the French and Indian War and the American Revolution. Since his death in 1782, Colonel Durkee became a virtual footnote in American History, yet his legacy forever shaped the history of Connecticut and the nation. John Durkee's name never went down in American History the same way as Hamilton, Jefferson, or Franklin, but his bravery and actions, particularly throughout the Stamp Act Crisis of 1765, became the spark that instigated a political sea-change in Connecticut; its history would never be the same again.First hand accounts, letters, and correspondence from family and friends alike highlight Durkee's small but mighty contributions in the American Revolution, and provides a distinctive look on the war through the eyes of a lesser-known field commander. Interwoven throughout Colonel Durkee's story are many more stories of soldiers who fought under his command including several previously forgotten and unknown Black and Native American patriots of Connecticut who forged their own legacies during the Revolution. From the Sons of Liberty, to General Washington's Army, this is the story of a man whose life fell into obscurity, but forgotten no longer. Read more