"Sure Signs: Stories Behind the Historical Markers of Central New York" delves into fascinating and unexpected cogent details of persons and events students didn't learn in school, from the Iroquois, military history, and settlement through 19th century developments. Includes a complete list of markers.

Jamie Claveraque, a young man from Herefordshire, celebrated the return from America of his brother who was wounded at Bunker Hill. Within a month, he stumbled on a fortune while fishing, broke off a tired romance, met his future wife, saved his best friend from capture as an army deserter, and accepted an invitation from his uncle to tour the American Colonies. A loyal and enlightened Englishman, his adventures in America provided first-hand reasons for his decision to take the American side--some call it treason.

Imagine meeting a charming young woman at a dance; you fall in love, marry, and sail with her to America. At the same time you save your best friend from being captured as a deserter from the British army. Mix in literaly stumbling on a gold ingot while fly fishing and smuggling it to New York where you join the rebels. Independence from England has just been declared and the British fleet is in New York Harbor. Your country and your life are in jeopardy. This is the setting for In All Cases Whatsoever. Mr. Ford's plot of battles and unlikely spies dovetails with history, and the book's final...

Imagine meeting a charming young woman at a dance; you fall in love, marry, and sail with her to America. At the same time you save your best friend from being captured as a deserter from the British army. Mix in literaly stumbling on a gold ingot while fly fishing and smuggling it to New York where you join the rebels. Independence from England has just been declared and the British fleet is in New York Harbor. Your country and your life are in jeopardy. This is the setting for In All Cases Whatsoever. Mr. Ford's plot of battles and unlikely spies dovetails with history, and the book's final...

After writing Sure Signs: Stories Behind the Historical Markers of Central New York, Howard Ford wrote Some Call it Treason, a novel about a young English couple and their friend who, together, visited the American colonies and joined the rebels just before the Revolution. The second book in the series, In All Cases Whatsoever, released in 2012, reflects the unwavering arrogance of the English government, an attitude largely responsible for the war. Those who fought the Revolution, whether soldier or spy, were not only brave, but cunning and resourceful, and worthy of our attention for their...