Title | Wilderness Boy |
Year of Publication | 1955 |
Publication Type | Novel |
Number of Pages or Episodes | 169 p. |
Language | English |
Authors | Evernden, Margery |
Publisher | Putnam |
City | New York |
Keywords | Albert 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 |