Title | Glencarn; or, The Disappointments of Youth |
Year of Publication | 1810 |
Publication Type | Novel |
Number of Pages or Episodes | 265 p. |
Language | English |
Authors | Watterston, George |
Publisher | Cottam & Stewart |
City | Alexandria, VA |
Keywords | orphans; pioneers |
Abstract | Follows an orphan raised by a settler on the east side of the Allegheny Mountains, who later moves west into the mountains and finally to Pittsburgh. |
Author Biography | George Watterston (1783-1854) was the third Librarian of the U.S. Congress from 1815 to 1819. |
Time | 1780s-90s |