The Wilderness: or, The Youthful Days of Washington
Year of Publication |
1823
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Publication Type |
Novel
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Number of Pages or Episodes |
521 p.
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Language |
English
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Contributors |
Author:
Solomon Secondsight |
Publisher |
E. Bliss & E. White
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City |
New York
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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.
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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.
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Time |
1750s
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