The Project Gutenberg E-text of Boys' Book of Frontier Fighters
by Edwin L. Sabin
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About this eBook
- Author
- Sabin, Edwin L. (Edwin Legrand), 1870-1952
- Title
- Boys' Book of Frontier Fighters
- Credits
- Produced by Al Haines
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- E011: History: America: America
- Subject
- Frontier and pioneer life -- United States
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 31130
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31130
- Release Date
- January 30, 2010
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Custer's Last Stand — BOYS' BOOK OF FRONTIER FIGHTERS — BY
- 2.EDWIN L. SABIN — Author of "Boys' Book of Indian Warriors," etc. — PHILADELPHIA GEORGE W. JACOBS & COMPANY PUBLISHERS — FOREWORD
- 3.CONTENTS
- 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS — Custer's Last Stand . . . . . . . . . . . . . Frontispiece — The Great Leap of Major McColloch — At the Siege of Boonesborough — Simon Kenton in Trouble — Lewis Wetzel Leads on the Run — Captain Brady of Pennsylvania — The "Fight of the Privates" — Buffalo Bill, Chief of Scouts
- 5.BOYS' BOOK OF FRONTIER FIGHTERS — CHAPTER I — THE CAPTURE OF OLD CHIEF ANNAWAN (1676) — BOLD CAPTAIN CHURCH IN THE LION's DEN — CHAPTER II — THE ATTACK ON LOGAN'S STATION (1777) — AND THE NOBLE DEED OF CAPTAIN LOGAN — CHAPTER III — IN THE STOCKADE AT WHEELING (1777) — AND THE GREAT LEAP OF MAJOR MCCOLLOCH — The great leap of Major McColloch. (From an Old Print) — CHAPTER IV — BIG TURTLE BREAKS THE NET (1778) — AND MEETS HIS FATHER AT BOONESBOROUGH — At the siege of Boonesborough. From an Old Print — CHAPTER V — SCOUT KENTON HAS A HARD TIME (1778-1779) — HOW HE PAID FOR HIS HORSE-STEALING — Simon Kenton in trouble. (From an Old Print) — CHAPTER VI — THE SCRAPE OF LEWIS AND JACOB WETZEL (1778) — AND THE NERVE OF TWO BOY SCOUTS — Lewis Wetzel loads on the run. (From an Old Print) — CHAPTER VII — CAPTAIN SAMUEL BRADY SWEARS VENGEANCE (1780-1781) — AND BROAD-JUMPS LIKE A WILD TURKEY — The renowned Captain Brady of Pennsylvania. (From an Old Print) — CHAPTER VIII — THE FLIGHT OF THREE SOLDIERS (1782) — ON THE TRAIL WITH THE CRAWFORD MEN — The Fight of the Privates. — CHAPTER IX — THE BRAVE WOMEN OF BRYANT'S STATION (1782) — AND THE DEFEAT OF THE VILLAIN GIRTY — CHAPTER X — BETTY ZANE'S "POWDER EXPLOIT" (1782) — HOW A GIRL SAVED THE DAY — CHAPTER XI — THE FIVE BOY CAPTIVES (1785) — ADVENTURES OF "LITTLE FAT BEAR" AND ALL — CHAPTER XII — ODDS AGAINST HIGGINS THE RANGER (1814) — AND HIS RESCUE BY HEROINE PURSLEY — CHAPTER XIII — JOHN COLTER'S RACE FOR LIFE (1808) — THE TRAPPER AND THE BLACKFEET — CHAPTER XIV — HUGH GLASS AND THE GRIZZLY BEAR (1823) — "AS SLICK AS A PEELED ONION" — CHAPTER XV — A FRACAS ON THE SANTA FE TRAIL (1829) — AND THE BUILDING OF BENT'S FORT — CHAPTER XVI — A SEARCH FOR A SILVER MINE (1831) — AND THE "BOWIE INDIAN FIGHT" — CHAPTER XVII — THROUGH THE ENEMY'S LINES (1846) — THE THREE KIT CARSON COURIERS — CHAPTER XVIII — THE HOTTEST CHASE ON RECORD (1864) — TWO IN AN ARMY WAGON — CHAPTER XIX — RELIEF FOR BEECHER'S ISLAND (1868) — AND A RATTLE-SNAKE IN THE WAY — CHAPTER XX — THE DEFENSE OF THE BUFFALO-HUNTERS (1874) — WHEN THE COMANCHE MEDICINE FAILED — CHAPTER XXI — WHITE MEN AT BAY AGAIN (1874) — THE "FIGHT OF THE PRIVATES" — CHAPTER XXII — BUFFALO BILL AND YELLOW HAND (1876) — A PLAINS-DAY DUEL — Buffalo Bill. (From the Painting by Rosa Bonheur) — CHAPTER XXIII — THE "SIBLEY SCOUT" (1876) — A FAMOUS ARMY TALE
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