FREDERICK A. OBER
Reading edition
AUTHOR OF CRUSOE'S ISLAND, THE STORIED WEST INDIES, PUERTO RICO AND ITS RESOURCES, ETC.
ILLUSTRATED
NEW YORK
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
1904
Copyright, 1904, by
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY
Published, September, 1904
"Old Put" escaping from the British at Horseneck
CONTENTS
—Birthplace and Youth
—"Old Wolf Putnam"
—First Taste of War
—A Partizan Fighter
—The Adventurous Soldier
—Fighting on the Frontier
—Strategy and Woodcraft
—A Prisoner and in Peril
—A Campaign in Cuba
—Tavern-Keeper and Oracle
—On the Side of His Country
—At the Battle of Bunker Hill
—Holding the Enemy at Bay
—In Command at New York
—Washington's Chief Reliance
—Defending the Hudson Highlands
—Last Years in the Service
—The Disabled Veteran
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
"Old Put" escaping from the British at Horseneck The Wolf Den at Pomfret, Connecticut Fort near Havana where the Colonials landed Israel Putnam From a painting by Trumbull. Statue to General Putnam at Brooklyn, Connecticut