Historical novel based on life of Rev. David and Rachel Craighead Caldwell. His life spanned the Colonial period Revolution organization of a nation and forty-five years of national independence - ninety-nine years plus. On this stage of history he was a noted Presbyterian minister Revolutionary Constitutional delegate pre-eminant educator medical doctor farmer miller and trained carpenter. He wasa friend and confidant of Governor Alexander Martin Andrew Jackson Dr. Benjamin Rush and particularly of young men who would be the ministers doctors and political leaders of the young nation. In everything his wife Rechel Craighead was his partner lover and sustainer.