Readers of this series will travel back in time and spend a day in the life of a real citizen during the earliest days of our nation. Each book in the series features a person who actually lived and worked during colonial times. The readers will learn how they may have spent a day in their lives. The books offer original period documents, oil paintings, etchings, and woodcuts that portray the colonial era. These primary sources bring depth and authenticity to young readers' exploration of life before the American Revolution. The captivating stories of these real-life characters, some of them American icons, will make history tangible and fun. Most early American towns were started with a minister, a blacksmith, and a miller. Isaac Keeler owned the gristmill in Ridgefield, Connecticut. The day begins on April 27, 1777, describing Keeler's life as a miller for the small Connecticut town. The day ends with Keeler setting out as a militia man to fight in the American Revolution's Battle of Ridgefield, and with Keeler's mill being burned down by the British.