George Mason The Young Backwoodsman PDF Download

Excerpt from George Mason, the Young Backwoodsman, or "Don't Give Up the Ship" A Story of the Mississippi In the year 1816, the Rev. George Mason arrived towards sunset at a settlement, eight miles south of the Iron Banks, 'ia what is commonly called the Jackson Purchase, on the lower Mississippi. The family had emigrated from new-england, and consisted of this gentleman, amen of dignified appearance, though ins; dicatingfatigue, exhaustion, and feeble health, and turn cd of forty years; this lady, with a complexion which had originally been as fair as a lily, but now browned by the suns of, a long journey, in the warmer daysof. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.