The Rose of the Wilderness: Or, Washington’s First Love
| Title | The Rose of the Wilderness: Or, Washington’s First Love |
| Year of Publication | 1901 |
| Publication Type | Novel |
| Number of Pages or Episodes | 456 p. |
| Language | English |
| Authors | Browne, Walter Scott |
| Publisher | A.C. Graw |
| City | Camden, NJ |
| Keywords | Battle of Ft. Necessity; Battle of the Monongahela; Braddock Expedition; Edward Braddock (1695-1755); French and Indian War; George Washington (1732-99); Irish Americans; Native Americans; Ohio Company; pioneers; priests; prophets; Protestants; Queen Alliquippa (c. 1670s/1700s-1754); Roman Catholics; Shingas (fl. 1740-63); Thomas Dunbar (unknown-1767) |
| Abstract | Follows an Irish family struggling on the frontier at the Forks of the Ohio. In a subplot George Washington, who is passing through on his historic mission of 1753, falls in love with a Pittsburgh maiden named Maria Frazier. When she refuses him, Washington rededicates himself to passion for his country. |
| Notes | This novel is plagiarized from, but an abbreviated version of, Solomon Secondsight’s The Wilderness (1823). |
| Author Biography | Walter Scott Browne (1850-1913), born in Manor, Westmoreland County, was a teacher and principal in Western Pennsylvania before moving to Vineland, New Jersey for a position with the Welch Grape Juice Company. He later became postmaster of Vineland. |
| Time | 1750s |
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