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Field and Forest The Fortunes of a Farmer By: Oliver Optic (1822-1897) |
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THE UPWARD AND ONWARD SERIES.
FIELD AND FOREST; OR, THE FORTUNES OF A FARMER. By OLIVER OPTIC, AUTHOR OF "YOUNG AMERICA ABROAD," "THE ARMY AND NAVY STORIES,"
"THE WOODVILLE STORIES," "THE BOAT CLUB STORIES," "THE
STARRY FLAG STORIES," "THE LAKE SHORE
STORIES," ETC.
WITH FOURTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS.
BOSTON:
LEE AND SHEPARD. NEW YORK:
CHARLES T. DILLINGHAM.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1870,
BY WILLIAM T. ADAMS,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. ELECTROTYPED AT THE
BOSTON STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY. TO MY EXCELLENT YOUNG FRIEND CHARLES H. FOWLE This Book IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED.
THE UPWARD AND ONWARD SERIES.
1. Field and Forest ; OR, THE FORTUNES OF A FARMER. 2. Plane and Plank ; OR, THE MISHAPS OF A MECHANIC. 3. Desk and Debit ; OR, THE CATASTROPHES OF A CLERK. 4. Cringle and Cross Tree ; OR, THE SEA SWASHES OF A SAILOR. 5. Bivouac and Battle ; OR, THE STRUGGLES OF A SOLDIER. 6. Sea and Shore ; OR, THE TRAMPS OF A TRAVELLER.
PREFACE.
"FIELD AND FOREST" is the first of THE UPWARD AND ONWARD SERIES, in
which the career of a youth from his childhood to manhood is illustrated
and described. In following out the plan which the author adopted when
he began to write books for the young, and which he has steadily
pursued in the fifty volumes now before the public, he has endeavored
to make his hero a young man of high aims and lofty purposes, however
strange, stirring, or even improbable his adventures might seem. Phil
Farringford, the leading character of this series, though he may have
some of the conceit which belongs to youth, is always honest, true to
principle, and faithful to the light which he seeks in the gospel, and
in all the other sources of wisdom. He aims to be a Christian young
man, respects and loves all the institutions of religion, and labors to
make his life an "Upward and Onward" progress. The scene of the story is laid upon the waters of the upper Missouri:
and while the writer hopes the reader will find the story sufficiently
stirring and exciting to engage his attention, he also trusts that
Phil's Christian principles, his reverence for the Bible, and his
devotion to duty and principle, will receive the earnest consideration
of his young friends. HARRISON SQUARE, BOSTON, June 6, 1870.
CONTENTS.
PAGE CHAPTER I.
IN WHICH PHIL COMES HOME WITH PLENTY OF FISH. 11 CHAPTER II.
IN WHICH PHIL FINDS THE CAMP OF THE INDIANS. 21 CHAPTER III.
IN WHICH PHIL TAKES GOOD CARE OF THE HORSES. 32 CHAPTER IV.
IN WHICH PHIL LOSES AN OLD AND VALUED FRIEND. 42 CHAPTER V.
IN WHICH PHIL FOLLOWS KIT CRUNCHER. 53 CHAPTER VI.
IN WHICH PHIL ASSISTS IN THE BUILDING OF A BLOCK HOUSE. 63 CHAPTER VII.
IN WHICH PHIL AND HIS FRIENDS GUARD THE CASTLE. 74 CHAPTER VIII.
IN WHICH PHIL SEES THE FIRST YOUNG LADY HE EVER SAW. 85 CHAPTER IX.
IN WHICH PHIL HAS A VISITOR AT THE CASTLE. 95 CHAPTER X.
IN WHICH PHIL VISITS PARADISE, AND FIRES AT AN INDIAN. 106 CHAPTER XI.
IN WHICH PHIL ENGAGES IN THE PURSUIT OF THE INDIANS. 116 CHAPTER XII.
IN WHICH PHIL TAKES DELIBERATE AIM AT ONE OF THE
CAPTORS OF ELLA. 127 CHAPTER XIII.
IN WHICH PHIL AND HIS COMPANION ARRIVE AT THE CABIN
OF KIT CRUNCHER. 138 CHAPTER XIV.
IN WHICH PHIL ROWS THE BARGE UP THE BIG FISH RIVER. 149 CHAPTER XV.
IN WHICH PHIL AND HIS COMPANIONS START FOR THE CASTLE. 160 CHAPTER XVI.
IN WHICH PHIL ARRIVES AT THE CASTLE. 171 CHAPTER XVII.
IN WHICH PHIL CONDUCTS THE SOLDIERS TO THE LINE
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