many things. rab was the guy who helped johnny after he lost his job as a silversmith when he got a crippled hand. rab gave johnny money, got him out of jail, and gave him a job. he did more but im...
It never says directly, but you know it's way before the battles of Lexington and Concord, and Cilla says at one point that Johnny way born way back in January, then Rab says he was seventeen last...