"The name and character of Hon. Harvey Rice are sufficient guarantee that anything which comes from his hands is worthy of consideration, and it is with this assurance that in this work he has produced something of great historical value, as well as of interest in its style and incident, that we commend the work without hesitation."—Cleveland Leader.
"The incidents of the book have not only real historic value, but they are of great interest as giving the present generation some idea of the hardships and privations to which the early pioneers of Ohio were subjected."—Sunday Gazette, Akron, Ohio.
"Mr. Rice tells the story of the early struggles of the early settlers, their haps and mishaps, and gradual development, in a most interesting style."—The American, Waterbury, Conn.
"It is altogether an instructive and valuable book, and especially interesting to the people of our historic and noble state."—Christian Secretary, Hartford, Conn.
"There is much that is fresh and interesting in the narrative, and much that helps the making of history, though it does not itself claim to rank as history."—Boston Journal.
"The reader's interest is sustained by remarkable historic facts, heroic adventures and thrilling incidents, which the author has taken pains to collect from authoritative sources."—Christian Intelligencer, New York.
"A book on the early settlers of the Western Reserve that will keep one awake, like a novel by Scott or Dickens."—North American Review.
Sent, postpaid, on receipt of price.
LEE & SHEPARD, Publishers.
Boston, 1889.