G. A. Henty

In the Heart of the Rockies (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

G. A. Henty's 'In the Heart of the Rockies' is set in the mid-nineteenth century. It is the story of sixteen-year-old Tom, an eng boy, who after the loss of his parents, is uncertain how to make his way in the world, especially since he wants to take care for his two sisters. Tom decides that it would be best for him to leave for America where he hopes to join his uncle who was prospecting for gold. Tom soon finds his uncle and some new friends as well, including two Native Americans. Together they endure a bitter Rocky Mountain winter, fight off attacks by hostile Native Americans, and are eventually forced to navigate the wild and dangerous white-waters of the Colorado River through the uncharted Grand Canyon...

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: OTB eBook publishing
• Seitenzahl: 343
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. August 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783944389752
• Artikelnr.: 42400971

Autorenporträt

English author and war correspondent George Alfred Henty lived from 8 December 1832 to 16 November 1902. He is most well-known for his historical fiction and adventure books, including The Dragon & The Raven (1886), For The Temple (1888), Under Drake's Flag (1883), and in Freedom's Cause (1883). (1885). He was a British journalist who served as G. A. Henty's war correspondent. He was raised in Cambridge and finished his education there at Gonville and Caius College. He continued to cover important wars that followed, such as the Italian and Austro-Italian Wars. He wrote 122 books, most of which were geared toward young readers. He also wrote non-fiction, adult fiction, and short tales. In Henty's stories, the main character is a boy or young man who is going through a challenging situation. His characters are consistently low-key, astute, courageous, truthful, and resourceful with a lot of "pluck." The date was put at the bottom of the title page of each of Henty's 122 historical fiction works in their first printings.