In 1803 in Ohio, two young brothers are left to finish the log cabin and guard the land while their father goes back to Pennsylvania to fetch their mother and younger siblings.
When their father, setting out for Pennsylvania to collect the rest of the family, leaves them behind to watch the land, eleven-year-old Daniel and nine-year-old Will must face the harsh winter alone with only an axe, a sack of cornmeal, and their ingenuity to keep them safe. Reprint.
After clearing enough forest to build a log cabin for their new home, Pa returns east to fetch the rest of the family, while young brothers Daniel and Will stay behind to watch the land. Pa had planned to return within six weeks . . . but something must have gone wrong. Now the boys must survive the winter with only a few supplies and their ability to invent and improvise. But are they alone in the woods? Jean Van Leeuwen s engrossing novel of pioneer survival is based on a true incident.
After clearing enough forest to build a log cabin for their new home, Pa returns east to fetch the rest of the family, while young brothers Daniel and Will stay behind to watch the land. Pa had planned to return within six weeks . . . but something must have gone wrong. Now the boys must survive the winter with only a few supplies and their ability to invent and improvise. But are they alone in the woods? Jean Van Leeuwen s engrossing novel of pioneer survival is based on a true incident.
