Title | Through Forest and Fire; or, “God Helps Them that Help Themselves” |
Year of Publication | 1891 |
Publication Type | Dime Novel |
Number of Pages or Episodes | 302 p. |
Language | English |
Authors | Ellis, Edward S. [Sylvester] |
Publisher | Porter & Coates |
City | Philadelphia |
Keywords | Dutch Americans; fires; hunting |
Abstract | Follows 12-year-old Nicholas Ribsam, born to a Dutch family in the Allegheny Mountains, who learns to hunt, and rescues his eight-year-old sister, Nellie, during a forest fire. |
Author Biography | Edward Sylvester Ellis (1840-1916), born in Ohio, was a prolific dime novelist and writer of series books for kids. He published 150 titles under his own name and 100 others under a dozen pseudonyms. |
Time | 1881 |