TY - SER
KW - Native Americans
KW - French and Indian War
KW - Ohio Company
KW - George Washington (1732-99)
KW - John Fraser (1721-73)
KW - Christopher Gist (1706-59)
KW - Jacob Van Braam (1729-92)
AU - Jim Kjelgaard
AU - Ralph Ray Jr.
AB - Semi-historical vignettes of American pioneers from the 16th to the 19th centuries. Two of the stories, especially “Opening the Gate,” cover George Washington's 1753 diplomacy with the French in Western Pennsylvania and with Pittsburgh as the Gateway to the West.
C1 - 1500s-1800s
C3 - Allegheny Mountains; Youghiogheny River; Monongahela River; Allegheny River; Ohio River; French Creek (tributary); Allegheny County; Pittsburgh; Downtown; Beaver County; Harmony Twp.; Erie County; Lake Erie; Waterford; Ft. Le Boeuf; Millcreek Twp.; Presqu
C4 - Children’s; Adventure; Historical; Western
CY - New York
LA - English
M3 - Novel
N1 - Harmony Twp. is referred to as Logstown, as it was then known.
N2 - Semi-historical vignettes of American pioneers from the 16th to the 19th centuries. Two of the stories, especially “Opening the Gate,” cover George Washington's 1753 diplomacy with the French in Western Pennsylvania and with Pittsburgh as the Gateway to the West.
PB - Holiday House
PP - New York
PY - 1947
RN - Jim Kjelgaard (1910-59) was a popular writer of nature books for kids. He was born in New York and raised on a farm in Western Pennsylvania at the border of Potter and McKean counties. He studied at Pottery County's Galeton High School and Syracuse University before quitting in 1938 to focus on writing for outdoor magazines. <em>Forest Patrol</em>, his debut novel, is based on experiences with his brothers when one became a ranger in the Allegheny Mountains. Ralph Ray, Jr. (1920-52), born in Gastonia, North Carolina and educated at Belmont Abbey College, was an artist and illustrator.
EP - 311 p.
TI - Buckskin Brigade
ER -