| Author: | Harry Castlemon | ISBN: | 1230001386950 |
| Publisher: | Steve Gabany | Publication: | October 15, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Harry Castlemon |
| ISBN: | 1230001386950 |
| Publisher: | Steve Gabany |
| Publication: | October 15, 2016 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
In between Frank Nelson's adventures in the West, he served in the Union Army during the Civil War. More specifically, he was stationed on the Milwaukee and Ticonderoga, both of which were an actual gun-boats used in the war. Among Frank's many adventures are saving the Milwaukee from being overrun by Confederate guerrillas, and dealing with members of his crew whose families who are split between loyalty to the Union and the Confederacy.
An all-around fast-paced enjoyable read.
This edition of the book contains the three original illustrations, rejuvenated, and eight additional, classic illustrations of the U.S. Civil War that are unique to this edition of the book.
Charles Austin Fosdick (September 6, 1842 – August 22, 1915), better known by his nom de plume Harry Castlemon, was a prolific writer of juvenile stories and novels, intended mainly for boys. He was born in Randolph, New York, and received a high school diploma from Central High School in Buffalo, New York. He served in the Union Navy from 1862 to 1865, during the American Civil War, acting as the receiver and superintendent of coal for the Mississippi River Squadron. Fosdick had begun to write as a teenager, and drew on his experiences serving in the Navy in such early novels as Frank on a Gunboat (1864) and Frank on the Lower Mississippi (1867). He soon became the most-read author for boys in the post-Civil War era, the golden age of children's literature.
Fosdick once remarked that: "Boys don't like fine literature. What they want is adventure, and the more of it you can get in two-hundred-fifty pages of manuscript, the better fellow you are." Fosdick served up a lot of adventure in such popular book series as the Gunboat Series, the Rocky Mountain Series, the Roughing It Series, the Sportsman's Club Series, and The Steel Horse, or the Rambles of a Bicycle.
In between Frank Nelson's adventures in the West, he served in the Union Army during the Civil War. More specifically, he was stationed on the Milwaukee and Ticonderoga, both of which were an actual gun-boats used in the war. Among Frank's many adventures are saving the Milwaukee from being overrun by Confederate guerrillas, and dealing with members of his crew whose families who are split between loyalty to the Union and the Confederacy.
An all-around fast-paced enjoyable read.
This edition of the book contains the three original illustrations, rejuvenated, and eight additional, classic illustrations of the U.S. Civil War that are unique to this edition of the book.
Charles Austin Fosdick (September 6, 1842 – August 22, 1915), better known by his nom de plume Harry Castlemon, was a prolific writer of juvenile stories and novels, intended mainly for boys. He was born in Randolph, New York, and received a high school diploma from Central High School in Buffalo, New York. He served in the Union Navy from 1862 to 1865, during the American Civil War, acting as the receiver and superintendent of coal for the Mississippi River Squadron. Fosdick had begun to write as a teenager, and drew on his experiences serving in the Navy in such early novels as Frank on a Gunboat (1864) and Frank on the Lower Mississippi (1867). He soon became the most-read author for boys in the post-Civil War era, the golden age of children's literature.
Fosdick once remarked that: "Boys don't like fine literature. What they want is adventure, and the more of it you can get in two-hundred-fifty pages of manuscript, the better fellow you are." Fosdick served up a lot of adventure in such popular book series as the Gunboat Series, the Rocky Mountain Series, the Roughing It Series, the Sportsman's Club Series, and The Steel Horse, or the Rambles of a Bicycle.
