Black Forest

Year of Publication
1937
Publication Type
Novel
Number of Pages or Episodes
360 p.
Language
English
Contributors Author: Meade Minnigerode
Publisher
Farrar & Rinehart
City
New York
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Abstract
Dramatizes life west of the Allegheny Mountains from in the late 18th Century. Scenes include the Braddock and Forbes expeditions, the founding of Pittsburgh in 1758, the siege of Pittsburgh during Pontiac’s Rebellion, and Tory agitation in Pittsburgh during the American Revolution. Historical characters like George Croghan and Andrew Montour play minor roles.
Notes
Settings are referred to by their historical names as follows: Mt. Washington is Coal Hill; Harmony Twp. is Logstown.
Author Biography
Meade Minnigerode (1887-1967), an American born in London, graduated from Yale in 1910 and published dozens of books.
Time
1754-88
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