Red Pawns

Treegate #6

by Leonard Wibberley

In the next book in the Treegate series on American History, the author takes readers to the Battle of Tippecanoe...

While their uncle is in England trying to avert war, 18-year-old Manly Treegate and his 12-year-old brother, Peter, go to the Ohio frontier to prepare for war with the British-backed multi-tribal confederation led by a Native American Shawnee warrior named Tecumseh in what would become known as the Battle of Tippecanoe.

Manly Treegate Frontiersman is the sixth in an eight-book series, which makes a great companion to study American History.

THE TREEGATE BOOK
Book 1: John Treegate’s Musket
Book 2: Peter Treegate’s War
Book 3: Sea Captain from Salem
Book 4: Treegate’s Raiders
Book 5: Leopard’s Prey
Book 6: Manly Treegate Frontiersman (formerly titled Red Pawns)
Book 7: The Last Battle
Book 8: Apprentice to a Revolution

Each book in the series is complete to itself and can be enjoyed if read in any order. However, for greatest reading pleasure, it’s recommended that the books be read in sequence.

The first seven books of the acclaimed series chronicling the adventures of the generations of the Treegate family from the birth of the Revolutionary War through the War of 1812, ending at the Battle of New Orleans is also available in a 7-Book Bundle exclusively on Kindle.

“Best Books of 1973!”— School Library Journal

“Outstanding book for young readers.”— Junior Literary Guild

★★★★★ “Great introduction to the War of 1812... but also a good moral lesson for boys!”— Amazon Review

Genres: Historical Fiction

183 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1973

About the author

Also wrote under his full name Leonard Patrick O'Connor Wibberley and under
Patrick O'Connor as well as pseudonyms Christopher Webb and Leonard Holton

Reviews

[Michael Fitzgerald · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wibberley has a great talent for creating complex characters of depth and subtlety. The wilderness guide Pouch is a perfect example of this. We learn more and more about him as the story goes, and he is the rather unlikely source of some profound wisdom. This book, set mostly on the frontier in the area of Pennsylvania and Indiana, covers the period just before the start of the war of 1812. The older Peter Treegate of the earlier books appears, as an emissary to England trying to avoid war through diplomatic means, but primarily the story takes place in America following the path of Manly Treegate (nephew of Peter Treegate) and his younger brother Peter. As was the case in the earlier books, there is much good information about the philosophy and psychology behind the decisions of the combatants, especially the American Indians. Young readers will have a much better understanding of how and why the historical events unfolded.