FIRESIDE CHAT: William Trent: Factor of Ambition

From the author of Pittsburgh’s Lost Outpost: Captain Trent’s Fort, comes a new definitive look through the eyes of a misunderstood backcountry merchant who not only overcame obstacles and suffered loss, but whose strong quill and rebellious interactions with future founding fathers Benjamin Franklin, and George Washington, ambitiously helped shape and form the future United States of America.

A native of Butler, Pennsylvania and 2002 graduate of the University of Massachusetts, Jason Cherry has reenacted the French and Indian War for over 30 years portraying the group of volunteers hired under William Trent Jr in 1754, a unit known as Captain William Trent’s Company. Currently he is the “research consultant” for the 1719 William Trent House in Trenton, NJ and works as an Assistant Group Supervisor for Stepping Stones Children’s Center in Gibsonia, PA. His latest book William Trent: Factor of Ambition explores for the first time, the definitive life of William Trent and his forgotten place in eighteen century history. He also lives with his wife, Emily, and his two beautiful daughters Penny and Charlotte.

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