The Brave Boy Hunters of Kentucky by Frederick Whittaker
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ePublished by
September 2026
Originally published 1908
Nickel weekly
Author: Frederick Whittaker
ePublished by
September 2026
Originally published 1908
Nickel weekly
Author: Frederick Whittaker
Originally published in the 1870s as a dime novel and then re-published in 1908 as a nickel weekly, The Brave Boy Hunters of Kentucky is number 18 of the beloved Beadle’s Frontier Series.
This particular issue tells a story about a vicious Indian attack on a riverboat carrying new settlers into Kentucky, an attack led by a renegade white man with a terrible reputation. When two young girls from that riverboat are captured alive and carried back to the Indians’ village, a mixed rescue crew consisting of one riverboat survivor, an old scout looking for revenge against the renegade, and two Kentucky boys who were waiting for the kidnapped girls with romance on their minds, goes into action. Four men against a whole Indian village, what could go wrong?
At more than 27,000 words (a little shorter than usual for the Frontier Series), this work of fiction, besides being an interesting and fun read, gives the reader a taste of what the masses were reading in the late 19th and early 20th century time period.
This particular issue tells a story about a vicious Indian attack on a riverboat carrying new settlers into Kentucky, an attack led by a renegade white man with a terrible reputation. When two young girls from that riverboat are captured alive and carried back to the Indians’ village, a mixed rescue crew consisting of one riverboat survivor, an old scout looking for revenge against the renegade, and two Kentucky boys who were waiting for the kidnapped girls with romance on their minds, goes into action. Four men against a whole Indian village, what could go wrong?
At more than 27,000 words (a little shorter than usual for the Frontier Series), this work of fiction, besides being an interesting and fun read, gives the reader a taste of what the masses were reading in the late 19th and early 20th century time period.