The Harder the Conflict is an adventure story for readers in the 5th to 9th grades. It is about a young boy, Jimmy Stiles, and the challenges he meets during the Revolutionary War. The story begins in the summer of 1776 when he is twelve years old and ends with his participation in the Battle of Yorktown. Along the way the reader will learn about George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, Lafayette, Nathaniel Greene, Benedict Arnold and many other luminaries of the period. Upon completion of the book the reader should have a well-grounded understnding of the War.