Greenhorn on the Frontier
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Country | United States |
Language | English |
Genre | Novel |
Publisher | Frederick Warne & Co |
Publication date | 1974 |
Media type | Print (hardback) |
Pages | 209 pp |
ISBN | 0-7232-6104-0 |
OCLC | 1009199 |
Greenhorn on the Frontier is an historical, young-adult novel by the American writer Ann Finlayson.
It is set in 1770s Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, just before the American Revolutionary War, and tells the story of nineteen-year-old Harry Warrilow and his twenty-three-year-old sister, Sukey, who move their few possessions by hand cart to start their own farm on the Western Pennsylvania frontier. The plot features characters like Simon Girty, Arthur St. Clair, and Indian tribes such as the Shawnee and Lenape.[1]
References[]
- ^ Skurzynski, Gloria (1992). Greenhorn on the Frontier (1974), Kirkus Reviews, 1974. ISBN 0027829219.
Categories:
- 1974 American novels
- Novels set in Pennsylvania
- Novels set in the 1770s
- Frederick Warne & Co books
- 1970s historical novel stubs
- 1970s young adult novel stubs