Download or read book The Hessian written by Howard Fast and published by M.E. Sharpe. This book was released on 1996 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Telling the story of the capture, trial, and execution of a Hessian drummer boy by Americans during the Revolution. This novel provides an opportunity to explore the difficult moral positions of war, along with the complications of the Quaker family who hid and sheltered the boy.