The Head of Iron: A Romance of Colonial Pennsylvania

TitleThe Head of Iron: A Romance of Colonial Pennsylvania
Year of Publication1908
Publication TypeNovel
Number of Pages or Episodes360 p.
LanguageEnglish
AuthorsPatterson, Burd Shippen
PublisherT. M. Walker
CityPittsburgh
KeywordsColonial America; French and Indian War; immigrants; Jacobite rising of 1745; soldiers
Abstract

Graeme Stewart fights in the Jacobite rising of 1745 in his native Scotland, but later emigrates to Pennsylvania, where he joins General Braddock in the French and Indian War.

Author Biography

Burd Shippen Patterson (1857-1924), born in Pottsville, Schuylkill County, was an attorney, writer, and historian.

Time

1745-64