“GET OUT OF THE WAY, MY HEARTY”

The Young Continentals at Trenton

by John T. McIntyre Author of  “The Young Continentals at Lexington” “The Young Continentals at Bunker Hill”

John T. McIntyre

Illustrated by Ralph L. Boyer.

The Penn Publishing Company Philadelphia MCMXI

The Penn Publishing Company Philadelphia MCMXI

 COPYRIGHT 1911 BY THE PENN PUBLISHING COMPANY

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Introduction

“The Young Continentals” series deals with the experiences of four boys in the American Revolution. One of them, Nat Brewster, is from the hills about Wyoming, Ben Cooper is from Philadelphia, while the Prentiss twin brothers come from Boston.

The

In the first book of the series, “The Young Continentals at Lexington,” Nat Brewster played the leading part—a part full of daring and enterprise. In the second book, “The Young Continentals at Bunker Hill,” Ezra Prentiss replaced Nat as the principal figure, while in the present volume, George Prentiss steps into the foreground.

The first book dealt with the revolution from the stirring of the wrath of the colonies to the first blows struck at Lexington and Concord Bridge. The second began where the first ended, and related the events that took place during the siege of Boston, including the fight on Breed’s Hill and ended with the evacuation of the city by the British.

[4]The present, or third, takes up the thread of the great struggle where the second laid it down; it deals with the preparation for defending New York City, describes the battle of Long Island, the crossing of the Delaware and the capture of the Hessians at Trenton.

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