TY - SER
KW - Native Americans
KW - French and Indian War
KW - Battle of the Monongahela
KW - George Washington (1732-99)
KW - Edward Braddock (1695-1755)
KW - Daniel Boone (1734-1820)
KW - Christopher Gist (1706-59)
KW - Benjamin Franklin (1705-90)
AU - Edward Loring Tottle
AB - A fictionalized account of General Braddock in which John Henry, 15, is swept into the long march of the Braddock Expedition. Henry fights in the Battle of the Monongahela, survives the massacre by the French and Indians, and returns home, having earned his stripes with men like Captain George Croghan, Colonel Peter Halkett, General Braddock, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Daniel Boone.
C1 - 1755
C3 - Youghiogheny River; Monongahela River; Turtle Creek (tributary); Allegheny County; Pittsburgh; Downtown; Ft. Duquesne; N. Braddock; Fayette County
C4 - Children’s; Historical; War; Road
CY - Windham, ME
LA - English
M3 - Novel
N2 - A fictionalized account of General Braddock in which John Henry, 15, is swept into the long march of the Braddock Expedition. Henry fights in the Battle of the Monongahela, survives the massacre by the French and Indians, and returns home, having earned his stripes with men like Captain George Croghan, Colonel Peter Halkett, General Braddock, George Washington, Benjamin Franklin, and Daniel Boone.
PB - Educational Materials Company
PP - Windham, ME
PY - 1991
RN - Edward Loring Tottle (1926-2013) was a speech and hearing therapist, teacher, World War II veteran, and amateur historian who wrote and re-wrote his novel for 25 years before publishing it.
EP - 540 p.
TI - War in the Woods: The Day the United States Began: July 9, 1755
ER -