TY - SER
KW - Native Americans
KW - pioneers
KW - traders
KW - Henry Bouquet (1719-65)
KW - George Croghan (c. 1718-82)
KW - Black Boys Rebellion
AU - Neil H. [Harmon] Swanson
AB - Frederic Van Buren is a Dutch indentured servant who escaped from Ft. Pitt and was adopted by Indians. Frederic later joins the Black Boys—Western Pennsylvania farmers with blackened faces and dressed like Indians—in their rebellion against the British.
C1 - 1764-5
C3 - Allegheny Mountains; Allegheny County; Pittsburgh; Downtown; Ft. Pitt; Westmoreland County
C4 - Historical; War; Captivity; Romance; Western
CY - New York
LA - English
M3 - Novel
N2 - Frederic Van Buren is a Dutch indentured servant who escaped from Ft. Pitt and was adopted by Indians. Frederic later joins the Black Boys—Western Pennsylvania farmers with blackened faces and dressed like Indians—in their rebellion against the British.
PB - Farrar & Rinehart, Inc.
PP - New York
PY - 1940
RN - Neil Swanson (1896-1983), born in Minnesota, served as company commander in the U.S. Infantry in World War I. He then became a newspaper city editor in Minneapolis. From 1941 to 1954 he was the <em>Baltimore Sun</em> Executive Editor. Three of his novels became bestsellers and two were adapted into Hollywood films. He died in Baltimore.
EP - 507 p.
TI - The Silent Drum
ER -