Brother Harry M. Dunkak, Ph.D., C.F.C., Emeritus Professor of History at IonaCollege in New Rochelle, New York, has researched and masterfully capturedthe story of John Morin Scott and his role in a vital period in the history of NewYork. Dr. Dunkak is a member of the Congregation of Christian Brothers, aworld-wide teaching order of Consecrated Religious and has been a memberof the Iona College faculty for forty six years. Dr. Dunkak has captured therole of John Morin Scott, an important mid-18th Century resident of New York,who became a leader in the beginning of the struggle for independence fromGreat Britain. Dr. Dunkak has published twenty-five studies on local history,concentrating… mainly upon Westchester County in New York and New York City.