The Little Backwoodsman

Here's an exciting, delightful and informative tale of American frontier days as seen from the perspective of a six-year-old boy growing up in a wilderness settlement in Tennessee. This book was written early in the twentieth century by a prominent Nashville teacher and historian. The focus of the story is a child's experience of this vanished way of life. With lots of grown-up help, John and his friends discover the many enchanting secrets of the forest's trees and animals, rejoice in an endless variety of games and explorations as the seasons change, and learn the tough lessons of survival in a world teeming with risks and uncertainties.