The Rose of the Wilderness: Or, Washington’s First Love
Year of Publication |
1901
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Publication Type |
Novel
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Number of Pages or Episodes |
456 p.
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Language |
English
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Contributors |
Author:
Walter Scott Browne |
Publisher |
A.C. Graw
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City |
Camden, NJ
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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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