Betsy: The Adventures of an Early American Girl

by Metzger, David

• ISBN13: 9781667844107
• ISBN10: 1667844105
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2022-06-24
• Publisher: BookBaby

Summary

"Betsy: The Adventures of an Early American Girl" is a historical fiction story of a young girl growing up in colonial Virginia during the Revolutionary War. She is independent, resourceful, honest and brave. She is also a full-blooded Algonquian Indian. The first chapter describes the sadness and joy of her transition from the Algonquian tribe to her colonial parents. Her settler father's contribution to the War is gun-making. This ten-year-old helps him in his shop, in addition to helping her mother run the household. She accompanies her father to Mount Vernon, where they meet with George Washington for orders of more muskets. But General Washington has other things on his mind. He is moving his entire army to Yorktown to reinforce the small force of Virginia Continental Army soldiers laying siege to General Cornwallis at Yorktown. This small force is outnumbered, desperate, and discouraged. Washington needs to send them word that help is on the way. Betsy's adventures start there, and will test her in every way.

Author Biography

Mr. Metzger was born and raised in a rural town near Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on the shores of Lake Michigan. At age 19, he rode his ten speed bike around Lake Michigan—1,000 miles in eight days. He graduated with honors from the University of Wisconsin—Madison, working four jobs at a time to make it through school. He took a year off to earn money to go to law school. He attended the UW-Madison Law School, again, working numerous jobs to make it through. After law school, Dave managed a campaign for an assemblyman running for Congress. They defeated a 16-year incumbent and he moved to Washington to work as the congressman's Administrative Assistant. They won re-election and the Congressman became chair of the U.S. Small Business Subcommittee on Energy, Environment, Safety, & Research. The Chairman appointed Dave the Subcommittee Staff Director and Chief Legal Counsel. In that role, Dave started working on Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) legislation. Dave then moved to the SBA's Office of Advocacy, serving for four years as the Director of Innovation and Procurement. He advocated the interests of small businesses that were fighting the U.S. government. He helped Congress draft and pass the 1982 SBIR Act. He left SBA in 1982 and practiced law for the next 36 years, specializing in government contracts. He taught 16 different courses in federal contracts, taught a protest course for the next 20 years, gave almost 600 lectures, mostly on small business innovation, won an appeal to the Supreme Court of Virginia, represented over 250 different innovative small businesses, and served as President of the Boards of Contract Appeals Bar Association (BCABA). He received SBA's highest award, the "2020 Roland Tibbetts Award," and BCABA's highest award: the Judge Ronald E. Keinlen Award." He retired from law practice in 2016. Since then, he wrote a book titled: "While the Nation Slept: The Struggle of Small Innovative Businesses in the U.S." He published a fictional set of books, entitled: "Patrick: The Adventures of an Early American Boy;" Patrick: Adventures along the Oregon Trail;" and "Patrick: Adventures in Early Little League." He also authored: "Betsy: Adventures of an Early American Girl." These historical fiction books for young readers teach as well as entertain. Mr. Metzger continues to write and advocate small business.