The Border Watch is a historical adventure novel in Joseph A. Altsheler's Young Trailers series. It follows frontier scouts as they face dangers in the wilderness and the threat of a great Native American chief. Fans of classic frontier tales will enjoy this story of courage and survival.
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Cover of the original edition (Project Gutenberg, public domain).
Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.
Opening of the book
The BORDER WATCH BOOKS BY JOSEPH A. ALTSHELER THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR SERIES The Hunters of the Hills The Rulers of the Lakes The Lords of the Wild The Shadow of the North The Masters of the Peaks The Sun of Quebec THE YOUNG TRAILERS SERIES The Young Trailers The Forest Runners The Keepers of the Trail The Eyes of the Woods The Free Rangers The Riflemen of the Ohio The Scouts of the Valley The Border Watch THE TEXAN SERIES The Texan Scouts The Texan Star The Texan Triumph THE CIVIL WAR SERIES The Guns of Bull Run The Guns of Shiloh
The Scouts of Stonewall
The Sword of Antietam
The Star of Gettysburg
The Rock of Chickamauga
The Shades of the Wilderness
The Tree of Appomattox
THE GREAT WEST SERIES
The Lost Hunters
The Great Sioux Trail
THE WORLD WAR SERIES
The Forest of Swords
The Guns of Europe
The Hosts of the Air
BOOKS NOT IN SERIES
Apache Gold
The Quest of the Four
The Last of the Chiefs
In Circling Camps
The Last Rebel
A Soldier of Manhattan
The Sun of Saratoga
A Herald of the West
The Wilderness Road
My Captive
The Candidate
frontispiece
"He saw two warriors, and he lay in the bush while they passed twenty yards away." [Page 214]
The BORDER WATCH A STORY OF THE GREAT CHIEF'S LAST STAND BY JOSEPH A. ALTSHELER AUTHOR OF "THE YOUNG TRAILERS," "THE FREE RANGERS," "THE SCOUTS OF THE VALLEY," ETC. D. APPLETON-CENTURY COMPANY INCORPORATED NEW YORK LONDON 1941 Copyright, 1912, by D. APPLETON AND COMPANY Printed in the United States of America
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