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Joseph Altsheler began writing juvenile science fiction, when there
were few books in the genre. Because Altsheler felt a
responsibility to his young readers, he was careful to make his
books historically accurate. His simple language and interesting
plots are welcome at any age. The Last of the Chiefs is the story
of the Sioux war. The adventure begins, "The boy in the third wagon
was suffering from exhaustion. The days and days of walking over
the rolling prairie, under a brassy sun, the hard food of the
train, and the short hours of rest, had put too severe a trial upon
his delicate frame. Now, as he lay against the sacks and boxes that
had been drawn up to form a sort of couch for him, his breath came
in short gasps, and his face was very pale. His brother, older, and
stronger by far, who walked at the wheel, regarded him with a look
in which affection and intense anxiety were mingled. It was not a
time and place in which one could afford to be ill."
Joseph Altsheler began writing juvenile science fiction, when there
were few books in the genre. Because Altsheler felt a
responsibility to his young readers, he was careful to make his
books historically accurate. His simple language and interesting
plots are welcome at any age. Altsheler writes about the French and
Indian War in The Hunters of the Hills. Robert Lennox, Tayoga and
their older partner Dave Willet, a guide and hunter are the
characters in this first book of the series. The story is set in
the forests of Upstate New York. From the foreword "The Hunters of
the Hills" is the first volume of a series dealing with the great
struggle of France and England and their colonies for dominion in
North America, culminating with the fall of Quebec. It is also
concerned to a large extent with the Iroquois, the mighty league
known in their own language as the Hodenosaunee, for the favor of
which both French and English were high bidders. In his treatment
of the theme the author has consulted many au thorities, and he is
not conscious of any historical error."
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