Wilderness Boy

TitleWilderness Boy
Year of Publication1955
Publication TypeNovel
Number of Pages or Episodes169 p.
LanguageEnglish
AuthorsEvernden, Margery
PublisherPutnam
CityNew York
KeywordsAlbert Gallatin (1761-1849); Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804); Anthony Wayne (1745-96); Battle of Bower Hill; David Bradford (1762-1808); distillers; farms; George Washington (1732-99); immigrants; Irish Americans; March on Pittsburgh; militias; Monongahela rye; orphans; physicians; Scots-Irish Americans; Scottish Americans; soldiers; tax collectors; Whiskey Rebellion
Abstract

Orphan Jonathon Garrett, 16, of Washington County, is accosted by local farmers and enlisted to join them in raising a Liberty Pole. The Whiskey Rebellion ensues.

Notes

Settings are referred to by their historical names as follows: Monongahela is Parkinson's Ferry; Ft. Lafayette is Ft. Fayette.

Author Biography

Margery Evernden Gulbransen (1916-2015) was a University of Pittsburgh English professor. She lived in Forest Hills, Allegheny County.

Time

1794