Late one night, Uncle Eb packs Willie into his pack basket and sets out on foot.
He loves Willie and refuses to leave the young boy in the hands of his uncle. Eben Holden, or “Uncle Eb” as he is affectionately known to young Willie, has worked as the family’s farm hand for several years. To make matters worse, the family farm must be sold, and county authorities plan to send poor Willie to live with his corrupt uncle. “The chapters that deal with the city experiences of the hero, and, indeed, the book as a whole, are true to the ear, and hold the attention to the end.” - The American Monthly Review of Reviews, July–December, 1900Īt the age of six, Willie loses his parents and older brother when they drown during a pleasure trip to the lake.
Bacheller’s shrewd, sturdy New Yorkers of the North Woods farm have quite captured the American public nor is the ‘local color’ in the homespun phrases of Eben Holden alone praiseworthy. One of the Greatest Adirondack Novels Ever Written.
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