TY - SER KW - Dutch Americans KW - fires KW - hunting AU - Edward S. [Sylvester] Ellis AB - Follows 12-year-old Nicholas Ribsam, born to a Dutch family in the Allegheny Mountains, who learns to hunt, and rescues his eight-year-old sister, Nellie, during a forest fire. C1 - 1881 C3 - Allegheny Mountains C4 - Children’s; Adventure CY - Philadelphia LA - English M3 - Dime Novel N2 - Follows 12-year-old Nicholas Ribsam, born to a Dutch family in the Allegheny Mountains, who learns to hunt, and rescues his eight-year-old sister, Nellie, during a forest fire. PB - Porter & Coates PP - Philadelphia PY - 1891 RN - Edward Sylvester Ellis (1840-1916), born in Ohio, was a prolific dime novelist and writer of series books for kids. He published 150 titles under his own name and 100 others under a dozen pseudonyms. EP - 302 p. TI - Through Forest and Fire; or, “God Helps Them that Help Themselves” ER -