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by Elaina Delcine (Author)
If you didn't pay your taxes, how far would things go? Are you really free since these taxes are imposed?
This is a story that makes you think about who really 'controls' our lives. We pay taxes but where is the rule, and who made the law, of why we pay these?
The story tells about a young boy, about his family and friends who live in a small town in New Hampshire. Fifteen-year-old Sam Higgins took the law into his own hands and lost. He lost his dreams. He lost his freedom. And, he lost his hero, the man he admired more than anyone else.
A small New Hampshire town is turned upside down when one man has the courage to ask, 'How can I comply with your law and still be a free person?' The state motto, "Live Free or Die" is his battle cry. The town leaders devise a plan to crush this threat before other citizens join in. But, their plan backfires and the FBI is called in to put down the "uprising."
Sam's version of what happened has never been told, until now. A little over one year into his life sentence he was killed. Although Sam died, his story survives. He wrote it while in prison. It was found among his belongings.
The FBI told a story of heroic agents thwarting a citizen's revolt. Sam tells a completely different story, a story of government corruption, collusion, and cronyism; a story of FBI deceit, deception, and destruction.
Who's telling the truth, the FBI or Sam Higgins?
