The Wilderness: or, The Youthful Days of Washington
| Title | The Wilderness: or, The Youthful Days of Washington |
| Year of Publication | 1823 |
| Publication Type | Novel |
| Number of Pages or Episodes | 521 p. |
| Language | English |
| Authors | Secondsight, Solomon |
| Publisher | E. Bliss & E. White |
| City | New York |
| Keywords | Battle of Ft. Necessity; Battle of the Monongahela; Braddock Expedition; Edward Braddock (1695-1755); French and Indian War; George Washington (1732-99); immigrants; Irish Americans; Native Americans; Ohio Company; pioneers; priests; prophets; Protestants; Queen Alliquippa (c. 1670s/1700s-1754); Roman Catholics; romantic relationships; Shingas (fl. 1740-63); Thomas Dunbar (unknown-1767) |
| Abstract | Follows an Irish family from Ulster struggling on the frontier at the Forks of the Ohio. In a subplot George Washington, who is passing through on his historic mission of 1753, falls in love with a Pittsburgh maiden named Maria Frazier. When she refuses him, Washington rededicates himself to passion for his country. |
| Notes | Solomon Secondsight is a pseudonym of James McHenry (1785-1845). Lawrenceville is referred to as Shannopin Town, as it was then known. |
| Author Biography | James McHenry (1785-1845), born in Ireland, was educated in Glasgow and Dublin and by 1817 practiced medicine in Philadelphia. In 1842 he was appointed U. S. counsel in Londonderry, Northern Ireland, a post he held until his death. |
| Time | 1750s |
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