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Fast's mellowing is even reflected in his historical fiction. His last novel before The Immigrants was The Hessian, which he cites as his best. It is not a story of heroes and fighters at all, but the tale of how a Hessian mercenary in the Revolutionary War, a mere boy, is tracked down, captured, tried and hung. It is a story of pointlessness and tragedy. The boy who dies is no menace; he is simply pathetic. The people who execute him are not shapers of history; they are its victims...
Also in May, Congress received copies of the treaties by winch George had hired more than 12,000 Hessian mercenaries for his American war. The event was decisive. Redcoats were one thing, but hired Germans, professionals righting for pay, destroyed in many American minds the vestiges of loyalty to the King...
...confirm nor deny the dramatic rumor that Sir William Howe has thus far delayed his attack only because he is expecting the imminent arrival (probably this week) of his brother Admiral Lord Howe with another vast fleet-about 150 vessels and some 10,000 men. Also expected are the Hessian mercenaries whom King George is known to have hired. As Washington has said, "We may expect a very bloody summer in New York...
...contest marred by outbreaks of violence and gangland headhunting, the Crimson touch football team rallied for a 23-2 victory Saturday over Box Jox, a collection of demi-intelligent administration types and paid-off Hessian hatchetmen who earlier this year had boasted of capturing the football title of Cambridge...
...Patriots' training camp, Mazur gave him and the rest of the team a pointed pep talk: "I don't want any free spirits around here. All I want are football players who want to win." Thomas, who describes himself as "a modified version of a Hessian," apparently didn't get the message. When Mazur tried to adjust his stance in the backfield formation, Thomas said that he preferred to do it his way. Just like that, Thomas was sent packing and Garrett was called back from Dallas. At week's end Thomas said that he would...