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Ned in the Block-House: A Tale of Early Days in the West
The story features young Ned Preston and his friend Wildblossom Brown as they navigate the dangers of the Kentucky wilderness during the autumn of 1788.
"Ned in the Block-House: A Tale of Early Days in the West" by Edward Sylvester Ellis is a historical novel. The story features young Ned Preston and his friend Wildblossom Brown as they navigate the dangers of the Kentucky wilderness during the autumn of 1788.
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The boy who was addressed as Ned was kneeling behind a fallen oak, in a Kentucky forest, carefully sighting at a noble buck that stood in the middle of a natural clearing or opening, with head upraised and antlers thrown back, as though he scented danger, and was searching for the point whence it threatened.
The splendid animal was no more than a hundred yards distant, so that no better target could have been offered. He was facing the youth, who aimed at the point above his fore legs, which opened the path to the heart of the creature.
The lad, who was sighting so carefully, was Ned Preston, and his companion was a colored boy 6 with the unique name of Wildblossom Brown. There was not a week's difference in their ages, each having been born four years before the immortal Declaration of Independence. As the date on which we introduce him to the reader was the autumn of 1788, the years of the two may be calculated without trouble.
Ned Preston, as he drew bead on the deer, was as certain of bringing him down as he was of "barking" the gray squirrel, when it chirped its mimic defiance from the topmost limbs of the gnarled oak or branching sycamore.
Contents
- 01Chapter I. In the Forest.
- 02Chapter II. The Boy Pioneer—Deerfoot, the Shawanoe.
- 03Chapter III. Old Friends.
- 04Chapter IV. Through the Trackless Forest—The Cause.
- 05Chapter V. "Shut Out."
- 06Chapter VI. The Block-House.
- 07Chapter VII. The Message.
- 08Chapter VIII. Opening Communication.
- 09Chapter IX. Within the Block-House.
- 10Chapter X. Flaming Messengers.
- 11Chapter XI. In Great Peril.
- 12Chapter XII. "Birds of the Night."
- 13Chapter XIII. Shadowy Visitors.
- 14Chapter XIV. A Mishap and a Sentence.
- 15Chapter XV. An Unexpected Visitor.
- 16Chapter XVI. Out-Doors on a Dark Night.
- 17Chapter XVII. The Long Clearing.
- 18Chapter XVIII. The Fiery Enemy.
- 19Chapter XIX. The Tug of War.
- 20Chapter XX. The South Wind.
- 21Chapter XXI. Conclusion.
About this edition
- Author
- Edward Sylvester Ellis
- Language
- English
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Intermediate: some philosophy helps
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 207 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers
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