‘Crossing Point’:  A Tour de Force of the Revolution and America’s Littlest Colony

When you hear "American Revolution," do you think Rhode Island? You should, as James Glickman's marvelous and surprising novel Crossing Point makes clear. The book tells the story of leading men and women in Rhode Island who played a significant role in the War for Independence. It also accurately describes the relationships of rebels and loyalists, blacks and whites, masters and slaves, and the officers and men in the Continental Army. Not much has been written about slavery in New England in

When you hear "American Revolution," do you think Rhode Island? You should, as James Glickman's marvelous and surprising novel Crossing Point makes clear. The book tells the story of leading men and women in Rhode Island who played a significant role in the War for Independence. It also accurately describes the relationships of rebels and loyalists, blacks and whites, masters and slaves, and the officers and men in the Continental Army. Not much has been written about slavery in New England in…