A High Wind Rising

Year of Publication
1942
Publication Type
Novel
Number of Pages or Episodes
296 p.
Language
English
Contributors Author: Elsie Singmaster
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
City
Boston
Genre
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Abstract
Johann Sebastian “Bastian” Schantz is a European child raised by Native Americans, and later mentored by Conrad Weiser—a historical figure and interpreter between the Pennsylvania Colony and Native American tribes during the French and Indian War.
Notes
Settings are referred to by their historical names as follows: Harmony Twp. is Logstown; Clearfield is Chinkalacamoose.
Author Biography
Elsie Singmaster (1879—1958), born in Schuylkill Haven, Schuylkill County and educated at Cornell University and Radcliffe College, was a Newbery Medal-winning author.
Time
1728-55
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