Rolf in the Woods

Ernest Thompson Seton

• Publisher: White Press
• Year: 2018
• eBook ISBN:
  9781528781473
• Print ISBN:
  9781528702720

First published in 1911, "Rolf in the Woods" is a classic adventure story by Ernest Thompson Seton. It tells the tale of Rolf, a young teenage orphan with nothing to speak of. He works tirelessly on his authoritarian uncle's farm until one day he meets a Native American called Quonab. They become friends and Rolf learns many great life lessons from him, including outdoors survival and self-defence. However, it's not all fun and adventure in this moving coming-of-age novel. Considered to be among the 100 greatest stories ever written, "Rolf in the Woods" is not to be missed by any fiction lover or collector of Seton's seminal work. Ernest Thompson Seton (1860 – 1946) was an English-born Canadian author and wildlife artist who founded the Woodcraft Indians in 1902. He was also among the founding members of the Boy Scouts of America, established in 1910. He wrote profusely on this subject, the most notable of his scouting literature including "The Birch Bark Roll" and the "Boy Scout Handbook". Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this book now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new biography of the author.

Table of contents

• Ernest Thompson Seton
• Preface
• The Wigwam Under the Rock
• Rolf Kittering and the Soldier Uncle
• Rolf Catches a Coon and Finds a Friend
• The Coon Hunt Makes Trouble for Rolf
• Good-bye to Uncle Mike
• Skookum Accepts Rolf at Last
• Rolf Works Out with Many Results
• The Law of Property Among Our Four-Footed Kin
• Where the Bow Is Better Than the Gun
• Rolf Works Out with Many Results
• The Thunder-storm and the Fire Sticks
• Hunting the Woodchucks
• The Fight with the Demon of the Deep
• Selectman Horton Appears at the Rock
• Bound for the North Woods
• Life with the Dutch Settler
• Canoeing on the Upper Hudson
• Animal Life Along the River
• The Footprint on the Shore
• The Trappers’ Cabin
• Rolf’s First Deer
• The Line of Traps
• The Beaver Pond
• The Porcupine
• The Otter Slide
• Back to the Cabin
• Sick Dog Skookum
• Alone in the Wilderness
• Snowshoes
• Catching a Fox
• Following the Trap Line
• The Antler-bound Bucks
• A Song of Praise
• The Birch-bark Vessels
• Snaring Rabbits
• Something Wrong at the Beaver Traps
• The Pekan or Fisher
• The Silver Fox
• The Humiliation of Skookum
• The Rarest of Pelts
• The Enemy’s Fort
• Skookum’s Panther
• Sunday in the Woods
• The Lost Bundle of Furs
• The Subjugation of Hoag
• Nursing Hoag
• Hoag’s Home-coming
• Rolf’s Lesson in Trailing
• Rolf Gets Lost
• Marketing the Fur
• Back at Van Trumper’s
• Annette’s New Dress
• Travelling to the Great City
• Albany
• The Rescue of Bill
• The Sick Ox
• Rolf and Skookum at Albany
• Back to Indian Lake
• Van Cortlandt’s Drugs
• Van Cortlandt’s Adventure
• Rolf Learns Something from Van
• The Charm of Song
• The Redemption of Van
• Dinner at the Governor’s
• The Grebes and the Singing Mouse
• A Lesson in Stalking
• Rolf Meets a Canuck
• War
• Ogdensburg
• Saving the Despatches
• Sackett’s Harbour
• Scouting Across Country
• Rolf Makes a Record
• Van Trumper’s Again
• Scouting in Canada
• The Duel
• Why Plattsburg Was Raided
• Rumours and Papers
• McGlassin’s Exploit
• The Bloody Saranac
• The Battle of Plattsburg
• Scouting for Macomb
• The Last of Sir George Prevost
• Rolf Unmasks the Ambush
• The Hospital, the Prisoners, and Home
• The New Era of Prosperity
• Quonab Goes Home