The Search: A Story for the Old Frontier

Year of Publication
1904
Publication Type
Novel
Number of Pages or Episodes
224 p.
Language
English
Contributors Author: Emily Poynton Weaver
Publisher
A. S. Barnes & Company
City
New York
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Abstract
Dick, 19, leaves England for America to rescue Molly Marling—the only granddaughter of Dick’s guardian and benefactor—who was captured by Indians on the Pennsylvania frontier. After being captured by Indians himself, Dick escapes, rescues Molly and another European girl, and returns to England with both young women.
Notes

The American edition of the Canadian first, The Search for Molly Marling (1903).

Author Biography
Emily Weaver (1865-1943), born in Manchester, England, immigrated to Ontario in 1880. She earned her living through journalism and published more than 10 novels for children. She died in Toronto.
Time
1760s
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