Roots of the Rogue
(1739–1782)
Author–Dr. Carter F. Smith
From forested hollows to the bloodied fields of revolution, young Sam Mason learns the ways of survival, leadership, and vengeance. When the line between justice and cruelty begins to blur, Mason starts down a path he may never return from.
Join the Hunt — in History and on the Road
This is no ordinary book — it is a call to the curious. Each chapter includes travel and tasting notes so readers may trace the footsteps of Sam Mason themselves: from the smoky cabins of the Appalachians to the roughhewn courtrooms of Spanish Louisiana.
Walk the trails. Drink the spirits.
Stand where Mason stood.
And judge for yourself.
Before he was hunted, he was hailed.
In Roots of the Rogue, Sam Mason’s tale begins in the rugged hills of colonial Virginia. A boy bound by duty. A man forged by war. This is the story of how one man’s loyalty to liberty gave way to a life of lawlessness.
Follow Sam through:
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Chapter 1
His youth in the backcountry
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Chapter 2
His military rise in the French & Indian and Revolutionary Wars
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Chapter 3
The slow corruption of honor in a brutal and divided new nation