American dreaming: David Jacinto’s latest novel is based on his ancestors’ route to California

American dreaming: David Jacinto’s latest novel is based on his ancestors’ route to California

David A. Jacinto’s new book, Where Eagles Fly Free, is based on the true story of the author’s ancestors, Thomas Wright and his young wife, Annie, who leave their home in the British Isles in the mid-1800s for the promise of freedom, liberty, economic opportunity and land of their own in America.  Spanning a year, from June 1868 to May 1869, in a transformative period just after the end of the Civil War, the novel recounts Tom and Annie’s advent…