Ludington's Ride
Historical Novel and Family Board Game

     Sybil Ludington is the spirited 16-year-old daughter of Lt. Colonel Henry Ludington, a former aide-de-camp to General Washington and now commander of the Seventh Regiment of Militia for Dutchess County, New York. The British, under the command of General William Tryon, burn Danbury and there is no one to muster the over 400 troops under Col. Ludington's command.

    Alone and riding on her trusty steed Star, Sybil braves 40 miles of treacherous lonely backwoods roads on a dark rainy night to muster the troops so they can meet at her father's home by dawn. Along the way, although Sybil is helped by her friend David Nimham, a Nochpeem Indian warrior, she is hindered in her ride by Ichabod Prosser, a rogue outlaw who intends to seek revenge against her father by stopping her from finishing her legendary ride.

   Ludington's Ride is being released to the young readers historical fiction market in hardcover (128 pages) for an introductory pre-publication price of only US$16.00 And as a pre-publication bonus, state and local sales taxes (where applicable) are included!

     Ludington's Ride—the Board Game is based on the events depicted in the novel. The game includes a full-color playing board, eight playing pawns, instructions, a history booklet, and Dispatch Cards configured as messages from Col. Ludington to each of the Riders. Also included are History Cards which, when answered correctly, earn extra points. Players, called "Riders" in our game, move around Sybil's route, calling out troops and learning valuable lessons in American history, integrity, and faithfulness along the way.

    Attention teachers and home schooling parents: When you use Ludington's Ride as an instructional module, you can download free test questions with a separate answer sheet, both in Microsoft Word format and ready for printing! To download the exams and answers, use the links at the right. Note that a password is required to open the files -- to receive the password, send an email from your school's network (so we know you really are a teacher) to receive the password to open the file). Why not download them now and see what you're missing? Both the exams and the answers were created by screenwriter, author, home schooler and former second grade teacher Charles Welty.

    And click here to read Chapter One of the Sybil Ludington novel.

    A free online test on Sybil's story is also available.

     Note: the novel is shipping now. The board game will not ship until after production of the motion picture has begun, perhaps as early as Fall of 2007.

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