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The Short Line War
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His great-grandfather, Ashbel Weeks, was born in Connecticut in I 748 he migrated to New York in 70, and settled among the Oneida Indians on the Upper Mohawk. It was the kind of life he was built for; he sniffed at dan ger like a young horse catching a breath off the meadows. He did not take the war fever until St. Leger came up the valley, when he fought beside Herkimer in the ambush on Oriskany Creek. He joined the army of the North, and remained with it through the long three years that ended at Yorktown; then he married, and returned to his home among the half-civilized Oneidas.
His great-grandfather, Ashbel Weeks, was born in Connecticut in I 748 he migrated to New York in 70, and settled among the Oneida Indians on the Upper Mohawk. It was the kind of life he was built for; he sniffed at dan ger like a young horse catching a breath off the meadows. He did not take the war fever until St. Leger came up the valley, when he fought beside Herkimer in the ambush on Oriskany Creek. He joined the army of the North, and remained with it through the long three years that ended at Yorktown; then he married, and returned to his home among the half-civilized Oneidas.
349 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1899
About the author
Samuel Merwin
80 books3 followersAssociate editor of Orison Swett Marden's Success Magazine 1905-09 and editor 1909-11.
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Librarian note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.
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October 8, 2022
impressive writing and storytelling
The writer has a marvelous grasp of the story and presents it in our way that is hard to put down.
The writer has a marvelous grasp of the story and presents it in our way that is hard to put down.
February 25, 2023
Railroad Story
Fighting for control of small railroad in late 1800s.
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