Redbeard the Magnificent

Fifteen year old B&O stable boy Robert Augustus Stewart has his baptism of fire on April 19th,1861 when his hometown of Baltimore, Maryland explodes around him! A proud Union boy, he survives the worst act of treason ever to go unpunished in American history and rises to the rank of Sergeant Major! After four long years of Civil War, he leaves his homeland to find peace in Europe where he begins a circuitous trip across the Continent which takes him to Russia and the love of his life! Told with a great respect for the historical facts, this work of fiction lays bare the similarities between the Russian and American people as they strive for their freedom in the great Age of Steam.