02306cam a22003493u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000310011324500180014426400510016230000470021333600260026033700260028633800360031249000630034850000310041150800540044252011120049653400630160865300180167165300650168965300260175483000630178085600700184385600430191378156UtSlPG20260610134818.0mcr n260607r20261926utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aHaycox, Ernest,d1899-195010aTrial by fire 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2026  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier1 aProduced from the May 8, 1926 issue of Adventure magazine.  aRelease date is 2026-03-09  aPrepared by volunteers at BookCove (bookcove.net)  aTrial by fire by Ernest Haycox is a historical fiction short story written in the early 20th century. It centers on the Battle of Bunker Hill and a Tory New England doctor whose encounter with the fighting forces a reckoning with his loyalties.

The story follows Doctor Isaac Brent, a loyalist physician who sets out at dawn and finds his neighbors marching armed toward Charlestown. Learning that Prescott’s men have thrown up a redoubt on Breed’s Hill, he goes to the field to tend the wounded and is swept into the brutal rhythm of the battle—Prescott’s cool commands, Putnam’s encouragement, volleys that break British lines, and, finally, the desperate close-quarters assault when the provincials run out of powder. Brent nurses the fallen, mourns his friend Caleb Gorham’s death, and, in the chaos of the final push, even fights his way out with a seized musket. Returning home exhausted, he admits the courage and conviction he has witnessed are no work of mere agitators, renounces his Tory stance, and resolves to join the provincial army. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cNew York: The Ridgway Company, 1926  aShort stories  aUnited States -- History -- Revolution, 1775-1783 -- Fiction  aPhysicians -- Fiction 0aProduced from the May 8, 1926 issue of Adventure magazine.4 uhttps://s3.us-west-1.wasabisys.com/luminist/PU/ADV_1926_05_08.pdf40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/78156