The Tree of Liberty Author:Elizabeth Page "The publishers believe that this novel, the product of five years of writing, and many more of research, will find a lasting place in American literature. Vast in scope and motivated by a theme which is of the very essence of America, it is written with a narrative power that holds the reader's absorbed interest throughout. — The Tree of Libert... more »y presents this country as our ancestors saw it. The scene is early America from the Atlantic seaboard across the frontiers and into the far-stretching Western wilderness. In time, the narrative runs from 1754 to 1806.« less