Drums Along the Mohawk (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Walter D. Edmonds
- First Published: 1936
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Historical
- Time of Work: 1775-1783
- Setting: Mohawk Valley
- Genres: Long fiction, Historical fiction
- Subjects: Suffering, United States or Americans, Native Americans or American Indians, American Revolution, Eighteenth century, Cruelty, Soldiers, Battles, Frontier or pioneer life
- Locales: Mohawk Valley
Characters Discussed
Gilbert (Gil) Martin, a young pioneer, a hard worker ambitious to have a place of his own at Deerfield and willing to continue fighting after each defeat. Seneca Indians burn his first home, and he is wounded in the ambushing of General Herkimer’s militia. He works on the land and fights when needed, until the valley is at last safe and he is able to return with his family to Deerfield.
Magdelana (Lana) Borst Martin, his pretty wife. She loses her first baby after the flight from Deerfield to Fort Schuyler but bears a boy, Gilly, the following...
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