Wilderness Boy

Wilderness Boy
First edition
AuthorMargery Evernden
LanguageEnglish
PublisherPutnam
Publication date1955
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (Hardback)
Pages218 pp
OCLC5956478

Wilderness Boy is an historical, young adult novel by American writer Margery Evernden.

Set in 1794 in Washington County, Pennsylvania, just south of Pittsburgh, it tells the story of sixteen-year-old Jonathon Garrett, who while on an errand for his frontier doctor uncle, is accosted by local farmers and enlisted to join them in raising a Liberty Pole. The events of the Whiskey Rebellion soon unfold.

See also

Other novels that employ events of the Whiskey Rebellion:

References

  1. ↑ Evernden, Margery (2001). Wilderness Boy. University of Pittsburgh Press. ISBN 978-0-8229-5754-6.
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