rodney, caesar

Twins George and Gracie travel back in a time machine to Delaware during the Revolutionary War to rescue their stranded parents and in the process help Caesar Rodney cast Delaware's crucial vote for independence.

Text and illustrations chronicle the life and achievements of eighteenth-century American patriot Caesar Rodney, who signed the Declaration of Independence, served in the rank of major general in the Revolutionary War, and became president of Delaware.

Relates how one delegate to the Second Continental Congress battled bad weather and physical disabilities to arrive in Philadelphia in 1776, in time for the historic vote that led to independence.