Liberty s Lions: The Catholic Revolutionaries Who Established America by Dan LeRoy
The Midland author, a journalist and faculty member at the Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School, provides the historical account of the Catholics who helped lead the American Revolution. The 12-chapter book profiles statesmen, thinkers and military leaders instrumental in founding our nation. The book contends that the Revolution was an event fundamentally shaped by the beliefs and experiences of American Catholics.
Available on March 23 through Sophia Institute Press, the book will sell for $18.95 in paperback from amazon.com
LeRoy has authored three other books, and his work has appeared in The New York Times, Rolling Stone, Newsweek, The Village Voice and Esquire online. Since 2006, he has been the director of the Writing and Publishing Department at the Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School in Midland.