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ered there, and leadin g aome unfriendl y Indian s, kllJs one ot the settler s and eecape s to Quebe c with his young daugh ter, Steve's sweetheart. Steve and his father follow the murde rers Into the wilder ness but tall in an attemp t to rescue the girl.
many othera who played promin ent parts In the fight for freedo m. Wo are with the armies encam ped about Boston. We see· Washi ngton and Arnold plan the expedi tion to Quebe c and return to Maine and the Kenn ebec River to watch the constr uction "The boy ewears that he w111 hunt out Guerla c and lives for the time of the Bateau x !or the Army. wben he can go to Quebc e. W.hen "Then It the Coloni es rebel agains t Englan d the greate Is that we begin to read and Arnold and Waehl ngton p lan the famou st part of Robert s' story, the expedi tion to Quebe c, he with Arnold 's s but Ill-fate d journe y o! little army , . other Maine men, volunt eer thei r "Robe rts' servlce s as guides . At last, after en- tlon's progreaccoun t ot the expedl ss thru Maine and Into during the hardsh ips of the journe y Canad a and throug h the forests , Steve manag es / !ant attack his picture of the g,11. on Quebe c are masler to en ter Quebe c and there finds fut. H e the sweeth eart of his youth. But she army, In makee you live with that the r a nks, so that you exls no longer the girl he knew back perien ce at Arund el and he ls made to a grea everyt hing that It did. It ls l piece of histori cal wrltln. ;. realize that he has not loved her, He revea13 tho horror s of that trip but only his dream of her, as they have "The story, howev er, Is only the I doubt that never been reyeale d. Robert s could ha,·e c1esmalle st part of the novel. Loomi ng scribed above it a re many v ivid picture s, he taken the m arch any better had lt with Arnold ." virile action, humor . • • • • • • Agains t all odds those brave men "In the flrst part o! the novel, Ro- pushed berts draws a clear picture of life a• gained on. The !ortific :i.tlons are , the enemy engage In h a nd It was Jived In Coloni al Maine -a to hand fiuhtin g B t th O dd8 human picture , unllke thoee pre~ u e sente1 in patriot ic history books and a':'ams t ~hem. The Bl"itlsh werewere, beunlike th~ sketch ed by c er,tain hmd sohd fortlfic at!_ons . Their gun~ moder n gentle men who seek to be• would little our forefat hers Robert s' pie- uonc not shoot. Their leader s were M t ture Is colorfu l but' It Is honest " h t d 1 · · on gomcr y klllec1 and Arenoug o 1nc1u e t 1 drab with the no d wound ed. Their comra des were 10 dead and wound ed i th d k vivid, the sad with the gay and the rlans went wrong Mn e ar nkess. bad with the good "R b any were ta en d" · p11son o ert !Splays an unusua l attack er ln the confus ion and the The" . h knowle d ge and unders tan-11n g of was in falled h 11 vain · ero Ic mare l\1aine 's Indian s. He compa res them favora bly w ith Malne 's settler s; InNot . only does tho story grip thP> deed, he often c haracterizes th em as att.enti on, but the charac ters becom e better people . The Abena ki Indian s livingand he t ells us, were peacef ul people , the rough person al acqua intanc esan.d reacly Ca,ptai n Huff, victim ized by unsc rupulo us settler s Phocb who were respon sible for most of comph~ M:artrn , the game and acthe bloods hed that followe d In the trm;,: ahed maid who follow ed the clashe s betwee n red and white men. teve 8 to Quebe and return ed with heart: He shows how the Indian s were whose treach th-0 Rev. • fr. Hook, driven from their land, cheate d, c-xped itlon; ery helped ti;, ruin tne N tamis, Paul Higgin s, robbe1 , Impris oned, sold a s slaves. J ac'.1-taq beaten . taught to drink liquor, and Indian ua, Hobom ok and other drafted as fi,ghter s by both the others . friend s of Steve and scores of French and Englis h who fed them ncnts an Incide ntal'y Rober ts preInt l'(lsting pic~ur e or old with Iles. Portla nd and of ol her pl aces In "We s ee conditi on s in l\Ialne just ::11:1.Jne. prior to open hostili ties betwee n the It Is Coloni es an:l the mothe r countr y. 1i,J,oulrJ a book e1·cry i\fa!ne person J posses s. There were many, we learn, who dtd not favor r ebeJUon : many who would not suppor t the rebel cause until the Sons of Libert y, re~emb llng the Ku Klux Klan or Civil War days tn some res_pec t s . began to functio n with tar and feath ers, fire ls,shes and fists. We learn, too, that liquor played a great part In the lives of these patriot s, and that labor versus capita! w as one of the elemen ts In the pre-wa r contro versy.
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