Item - Ruby Roland, the Girl Spy; or, Simon Kenton's Protege

(Beadle's Dime Novels edition - source: NIU Libraries)

(Beadle's New Dime Novels edition - source: NIU Libraries)

Combined Summary

Online Full Text:	Northern Illinois University (Beadle's Dime Novels edition) Northern Illinois University (Beadle's New Dime Novels edition) Project Gutenberg (Project Gutenberg edition)
Series:	Beadle's Dime Novels — no. 282 Beadle's New Dime Novels — no. 136
Subjects / Tags:	Adventure stories Boone, Daniel, 1734-1820 Clark, George Rogers, 1752-1818 Disguise French Frontier and pioneer life Historical fiction Hunters Kaskaskia (Ill.) Kenton, Simon, 1755-1836 Kentucky Kentucky River Love stories Scalping Shawnee Indians Spies Spy stories Transvestites Vincennes (Ind.) Wabash River Western stories Women heroes
Author:	Whittaker, Frederick, 1838-1889
Dates:	May 20, 1873 (Beadle's Dime Novels edition) February 3, 1880 (Beadle's New Dime Novels edition) February 21, 2018 (Project Gutenberg edition)
Publishers:	Beadle's Dime Novels edition: Beadle and Adams (1872-1898) (New York (N.Y.): No. 98 William Street) -- United States Beadle's New Dime Novels edition: Beadle and Adams (1872-1898) (New York (N.Y.): No. 98 William Street) -- United States Project Gutenberg edition: Beadle and Adams (1872-1898) (New York (N.Y.): No. 98 William Street) -- United States
OCLC Numbers:	13454849 (Beadle's Dime Novels edition) 85895391 (Beadle's New Dime Novels edition)
ENGL 330 Spring 2018's Thoughts:	"Ruby Roland, adopted daughter of the first war-chief of the West, seeks a man named Colonel Clark so that she can negotiate an alliance with the Americans during the Revolutionary War. Accompanied by Colonel Daniel Boone and Captain Simon Kenton, the three must use their stealth and quick wits to thwart the Shawnee sent by the British, who wish to prevent the alliance. In an intriguing account of female power and prestige, little Ruby Roland, at about seventeen years of age, proves herself as good, if not better, than the men she grows to consider friends. Fearless, she aids Colonel Boone and Captain Kenton in the journey to Harrodsburg, narrowly escaping the hostile “savages” before she can meet the man who decides the fate of her father’s proposal. After they arrive, it is not long before Ruby begins to fall in love, and with whom the reader will have to find out for themselves!"--Riley Coules, undergraduate student at NIU enrolled in ENGL 330, Spring 2018 More reviews by ENGL 330 Spring 2018