At first the ferry was just a hollowed-out log canoe in which Henry Baker carried wayfarers across the Delaware River from Bucks County, Pennsylvania, to New Jersey. Horses had to swim and tired travelers were put up in the Baker home. Nearly a century
Through Henry Baker and his family, Tunis tells the story of US growth in the colonial period and the growing dissatisfaction with British rule. He chronicles events leading up to Washington's crossing of the Delaware and the ensuing Battle of Trenton, a turning point in the...