INTRODUCTION. BY REV. WILLIAM M. THAYER.

PREFACE.

CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION.

I. GEORGE AT SCHOOL.

II. THE FIRST SORROW.

III. PLAYING SOLDIER.

IV. "RULES OF BEHAVIOR."

V. IN THE WILDERNESS.

VI. THE YOUNG SURVEYOR.

VII. FIRST MILITARY APPOINTMENT.

VIII. IMPORTANT EXPLANATIONS.

IX. INDIAN TROUBLES.

X. "BIG TALK" WITH "WHITE THUNDER."

XI. CHRISTMAS IN THE WILDERNESS.

XII. WASHINGTON'S FIRST BATTLE.

XIII. FORT NECESSITY.

XIV. GENERAL BRADDOCK.

XV. ROUGH WORK.

XVI. BRADDOCK'S DEFEAT.

XVII. EXPLANATIONS.

XVIII. WORK IN EARNEST.

XIX. DARK DAYS.

XX. A NEW ENTERPRISE.

XXI. MORE BLUNDERING.

XXII. WASHINGTON AT HOME.

XXIII. A FAMILY QUARREL.

XXIV. THE CAUSE OF THE QUARREL.

XXV. RESISTANCE TO TYRANNY.

XXVI. CONCLUSION.

THE

FARMER BOY,

AND

HOW HE BECAME COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF.

BY UNCLE JUVINELL.

EDITED BY
WILLIAM M. THAYER,
AUTHOR OF "THE PIONEER BOY," ETC.