Title | Arrow in the Hill |
Year of Publication | 1955 |
Publication Type | Novel |
Number of Pages or Episodes | 244 p. |
Language | English |
Authors | Cooper, Jefferson |
Publisher | Dodd, Mead & Company |
City | New York |
Keywords | Battle of the Monongahela; Braddock Expedition; Christopher Gist (1706-59); Daniel Boone (1734-1820); Edward Braddock (1695-1755); French and Indian War; George Washington (1732-99); John Fraser (1721-73); Native Americans; Scottish Americans |
Abstract | Stephen Brant, raised by Mohawk Indians from infancy, joins Christopher Gist and George Washington on their diplomatic mission in Western Pennsylvania. Brant is conflicted about his loyalties to many tribes, the French, the American colonists, and the Redcoats. |
Notes | Jefferson Cooper is a pseudonym of Gardner Francis Fox (1911-86). Harmony Twp. is referred to as Logstown, as it was then known. |
Author Biography | Gardner Francis Fox (1911-86) was a lawyer who turned to writing fiction during the Great Depression. Fox wrote dozens of novels in a range of genres: fantasy, science fiction, Westerns, romance, and historical fiction. He also wrote for DC Comics and helped develop superheroes like Batman, the Flash, and Green Lantern. |
Time | 1753-5 |