by Richard C. Meehan (Author) Ford the Pacholet is a historically accurate tale set during the American Revolution about Lem Farnandis, a troubled teenager from Grindall Shoals, South Carolina. His family was constantly nagging him about his chores. Divided politically, sometimes violently, into Whigs (Patriot sympathizers) and Tories (Loyalists to the King), his community struggled to survive. His father, Henry, a successful local merchant, tried to remain neutral. Still, King George III's taxes on molasses, sugar, iron, tea, paper money, and more were eroding Henry's profits. From what Lem had seen, the whole world revolved around power and control.