Brave Tom; Or, The Battle That Won

Fiction & Literature
Cover of the book Brave Tom; Or, The Battle That Won by Edward Sylvester Ellis, anboco
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Edward Sylvester Ellis ISBN: 9783736408760
Publisher: anboco Publication: August 12, 2016
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Edward Sylvester Ellis
ISBN: 9783736408760
Publisher: anboco
Publication: August 12, 2016
Imprint:
Language: English
On a certain summer day, a few years ago, the little village of Briggsville, in Pennsylvania, was thrown into a state of excitement, the like of which was never known since the fearful night, a hundred years before, when a band of red men descended like a cyclone upon the little hamlet with its block-house, and left barely a dozen settlers alive to tell the story of the visitation to their descendants. Tom Gordon lived a mile from Briggsville with his widowed mother and his Aunt Cynthia, a sister to his father, who had died five years before. The boy had no brother or sister; and as he was bright, truthful, good-tempered, quick of perception, and obedient, it can be well understood that he was the pride and hope of his mother and aunt, whose circumstances were of the humblest nature. He attended the village school, where he was the most popular and promising of the threescore pupils under the care of the crabbed Mr. Jenkins. He was as active of body as mind, and took the lead among boys of his own age in athletic sports and feats of dexterity.
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
On a certain summer day, a few years ago, the little village of Briggsville, in Pennsylvania, was thrown into a state of excitement, the like of which was never known since the fearful night, a hundred years before, when a band of red men descended like a cyclone upon the little hamlet with its block-house, and left barely a dozen settlers alive to tell the story of the visitation to their descendants. Tom Gordon lived a mile from Briggsville with his widowed mother and his Aunt Cynthia, a sister to his father, who had died five years before. The boy had no brother or sister; and as he was bright, truthful, good-tempered, quick of perception, and obedient, it can be well understood that he was the pride and hope of his mother and aunt, whose circumstances were of the humblest nature. He attended the village school, where he was the most popular and promising of the threescore pupils under the care of the crabbed Mr. Jenkins. He was as active of body as mind, and took the lead among boys of his own age in athletic sports and feats of dexterity.

More books from anboco

Cover of the book Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag by Edward Sylvester Ellis
Cover of the book Two Little Pilgrims' Progress by Edward Sylvester Ellis
Cover of the book Mechanics - The Science of Machinery by Edward Sylvester Ellis
Cover of the book Hazlitt on English Literature by Edward Sylvester Ellis
Cover of the book From Sea to Sea; Letters of Travel by Edward Sylvester Ellis
Cover of the book Tarzan of the Apes by Edward Sylvester Ellis
Cover of the book Voltaire's Romances by Edward Sylvester Ellis
Cover of the book Woodworking Tools 1600-1900 by Edward Sylvester Ellis
Cover of the book Notes from the Underground by Edward Sylvester Ellis
Cover of the book Japanese Homes and their Surroundings by Edward Sylvester Ellis
Cover of the book Black is White by Edward Sylvester Ellis
Cover of the book Ancient and Modern Ships by Edward Sylvester Ellis
Cover of the book Green Doors by Edward Sylvester Ellis
Cover of the book The Voiage and Travayle of Sir John Maundeville K and countreys - John Ashton by Edward Sylvester Ellis
Cover of the book Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Journeys to the Homes of Great Lovers by Edward Sylvester Ellis
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy