HomeMy Public PortalAboutTOL NR 2022-03-15 David O. Stewart to Discuss New Book “The New Land” at Thomas Balch Library
Town of Leesburg
News Release
For Immediate Release
March 15, 2022
Media Contact:
Leah Kosin, Assistant Public Information Officer
pio@leesburgva.gov 703-771-2781
David O. Stewart to Discuss New Book “The New Land” at the
Thomas Balch Library
Leesburg, VA (March 15, 2022) – Bestselling historian and
storyteller David O. Stewart will speak about his new book
“The New Land” on Sunday March 27, beginning at 2 p.m.,
in the lower level meeting room at Thomas Balch Library,
208 W. Market Street, in Leesburg.
“The New Land” brings the reader back in time to tell
uniquely American stories—full of adventure, excitement,
heartbreak, and a tapestry of richly developed characters.
Lose yourself in the challenges and emotions of eighteenth-
century Maine.
In 1753, Johann Oberstrasse’s wife, Christianne, announces
that their infant sons will never soldier for the Landgraf of Hesse like their father, hired out to
serve King George of England. In search of a new life, Johann and the family join an expedition
to the New World, lured by the promise of land on the Maine coast. A grinding voyage deposits
them on the edge of a continent filled with dangers and disease. Expecting to till the soil,
Johann finds that opportunity on the rocky coast comes from the forest, not land, so he learns
carpentry and trapping. To advance in an English world, Johann adapts their name to
Overstreet. But war follows them.
Pre-registration is required for this event. Please call 703-737-7195,
email balchlib@leesburgva.gov, or register online.
After many years as a trial and appellate lawyer, David O. Stewart became a bestselling writer
of history and historical fiction. His first novel, “The Lincoln Deception,” about the John Wilkes
Booth conspiracy, was called the best historical novel of 2013 by Bloomberg View. Sequels
include “The Paris Deception,” set at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919, and “The Babe Ruth
Deception,” which follows Babe’s first two years with the Yankees. Stewart’s histories explore
the writing of the Constitution, the gifts of James Madison, the western expedition and treason
trial of Aaron Burr, and the impeachment of President Andrew Johnson. In February 2021,
Stewart published “George Washington: The Political Rise of America’s Founding Father.”
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