SHELTER ISLAND, N.Y., April 4, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- It is 1732 in New York, an infant metropolis struggling to find itself in the newfound chaos of the colony. A now-famous printer will soon stand trial and reshape America's press freedoms. In Marnie Hutchinson's new historical novel, Patience: The Story of John Peter Zenger (now available through AuthorHouse), she tells this gripping story through the eyes of a young tavern owner.
Patience Reade took over Reade's Tavern after the people she believed were her parents died during the smallpox outbreak. Now, at just 16, she owns and manages the watering hole, which she works furiously to make the best one around. Strong-willed and compassionate, it is through her experiences that readers learn of John Peter Zenger's legendary true story of being placed on trial in 1734 for sedition and libel against the corrupt governor of New York and New Jersey, Richard Cosby, who was appointed by England's King George III. The creator of the New York Weekly Journal, his fight for press rights helped lay the groundwork for modern journalistic freedoms.
Hutchinson's ability to transport readers to the maiden colony is astounding. From the streets and shipyards to the fish markets and forests, her descriptions of the landscape -- both actual and political -- are vivid, realistic and thoroughly researched. As readers watch both real and fictional characters interact, they smell the gas lights, see the lawyers making arguments before the court and feel the pains and joys of Patience, the heroine of this fascinating historical novel.
Patience: The Story of John Peter Zenger is an American story of courage in the face of hardship, strength in moments of weakness and love in a cruel world.
A native of La Jolla, Calif., Hutchinson graduated magna cum laude from the University of Southern California. She produced several women's TV shows in Hollywood before eventually moving to New York, where she worked as copy chief at a Manhattan advertising agency and then in the same role at Clinique. Hutchinson now works from her Shelter Island, N.Y., home on her personal writing and freelance work for Clinique, Estee Lauder and Helen Nash Associates, among other organizations.
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