The Proud and the Free

The mutiny was the most successful and important insurrection of Continental Army soldiers during the American Revolutionary War.

A member of the Communist Party USA, and recently released from a short prison sentence, Fast received mixed reviews from leftist publications.

[3] The narrative is told by Jamie Stuart, an elderly man who, at that time, was a 22-year-old orphaned son of indentured servants from York, Pennsylvania.

"[4] Led by a Committee of Sergeants, the brigades, via surprise and organization, present a fait accompli to their officers who are powerless to stop them.

Stuart, who enlisted when he was 17, departs for Philadelphia and then York, Pa. to return to the girl he left behind, Molly Bracken.