"This is a tale of the siege of Boston, which opens on the day
after the doings at Lexington and Concord, with a description of
home life in Boston, introduces the reader to the British camp at
Charlestown, shows Gen. Warren at home, describes what a boy
thought of the battle of Bunker Hill, and closes with the raising
of the siege. The three heroes, George Wentworth, Ben Scarlett
and an old ropemaker, incur the enmity of a young Tory, who
causes them many adventures the boys will like to read."--Detroit
Free Press.
=With the Swamp Fox.= The Story of General Marion's Spies. By
JAMES OTIS. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
This story deals with General Francis Marion's heroic struggle in
the Carolinas. General Marion's arrival to take command of these
brave men and rough riders is pictured as a boy might have seen
it, and although the story is devoted to what the lads did, the
Swamp Fox is ever present in the mind of the reader.
=On the Kentucky Frontier.= A Story of the Fighting Pioneers of
the West. By JAMES OTIS. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.
In the history of our country there is no more thrilling story
than that of the work done on the Mississippi river by a handful
of frontiersmen. Mr. Otis takes the reader on that famous
expedition from the arrival of Major Clarke's force at Corn
Island, until Kaskaskia was captured. He relates that part of
Simon Kenton's life history which is not usually touched upon
either by the historian or the story teller. This is one of the
most entertaining books for young people which has been
published.
=Sarah Dillard's Ride.= A Story of South Carolina in 1780.
By JAMES OTIS. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price $1.00.
"This book deals with the Carolinas in 1780, giving a wealth of
detail of the Mountain Men who struggled so valiantly against the
king's troops. Major Ferguson is the prominent British officer of
the story, which is told as though coming from a youth who
experienced these adventures. In this way the famous ride of
Sarah Dillard is brought out as an incident of the
plot."--=Boston Journal.=
=A Tory Plot.= A Story of the Attempt to Kill General
Washington. By JAMES OTIS. 12mo, cloth, illustrated, price
$1.00.
"'A Tory Plot' is the story of two lads who overhear something of
the plot originated during the Revolution by Gov. Tryon to
capture or murder Washington. They communicate their knowledge to
Gen. Putnam and are commissioned by him to play the role of
detectives in the matter. They do so, and meet with many
adventures and hair-breadth escapes. The boys are, of course,
mythical, but they serve to enable the author to put into very
attractive shape much valuable knowledge concerning one phase of
the Revolution."--=Pittsburgh Times.=
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