The pioneersman, volume 1, number 7

Item Information

Title:
The pioneersman, volume 1, number 7
Description:
A special December 23rd (year not indicated) Christmas edition of the Nelson brothers' periodical "The Pioneersman," that focuses on stories of rugged pioneer life from around their imaginary world, presented in a two-column format. The cover indicates the issue was published by E.H. Nelson & Co. Two Christmas tales open this issue. The first, "The Billings Christmas" is the story of the Billings family facing a tough holiday after their father returns home from woodcutting with a severe injury. The second son scores several turkeys on a hunt and surprises the family with Christmas dinner and gifts. "Christmas Day at Home" is the story of two brothers' adventures sledding and skating on Christmas day. At the end of the day a tree is brought in and decorated while one of the brothers plays Santa Claus. In addition to these holiday stories this issue recounts the discovery of Big Continent by Clumfield after having been lost at sea. Clumfield must fight off "the natives" and make a homestead, then claim the new land. There are two stories about hunting and trapping; one tells of two men out rabbit hunting and the other provides detailed instructions for trapping woodchucks. "How to Trap the Woodchuck" is written by Burt Green (sometimes referred to as Birt). These are followed by the story of Bill Small's boat racing adventures and a descriptive tour of the Nelson brothers' imaginary world. The tour describes the National Evergreen Park as established by Ethan Allen, among other Big Continent, Forest Continent, and United Division sights. Throughout the issue there are Christmas and other poems by the fictional Ida Green.
Date:
[1890–1899]
Format:
Periodicals
Manuscripts
Genre:
Children's literature
Location:
Amherst College Archives & Special Collections
Box 1 Folder 37 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
Nelson Family Juvenilia Collection of Pamela Russell and Murray McClellan
Subjects:
Trapping--Juvenile fiction
Sledding--Juvenile fiction
Indians of North America--Juvenile fiction
Hunting--Juvenile fiction
Frontier and pioneer life--Juvenile fiction
Christmas--Juvenile fiction
Imaginary places--Juvenile fiction
Extent:
1 item (16 pages : illustrations) ; 10 cm
Link to Item:
https://acdc.amherst.edu/view/asc:679346
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Place of origin:
Goshen (N.H.)
Language:
English
Notes (date):
The item is undated but the finding aid indicates the entire collection was likely created during the 1890s.
This date is inferred.