The Silent Drum
| Year of Publication |
1940
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| Publication Type |
Novel
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| Number of Pages or Episodes |
507 p.
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| Language |
English
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| Contributors |
Author:
Neil H. [Harmon] Swanson |
| Publisher |
Farrar & Rinehart, Inc.
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| City |
New York
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| Abstract |
Frederic Van Buren is a Dutch indentured servant who escaped from Ft. Pitt and was adopted by Indians. Frederic later joins the Black Boys—Western Pennsylvania farmers with blackened faces and dressed like Indians—in their rebellion against the British.
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| Author Biography |
Neil Swanson (1896-1983), born in Minnesota, served as company commander in the U.S. Infantry in World War I. He then became a newspaper city editor in Minneapolis. From 1941 to 1954 he was the Baltimore Sun Executive Editor. Three of his novels became bestsellers and two were adapted into Hollywood films. He died in Baltimore.
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| Time |
1764-5
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