"A GUNNER ABOARD THE YANKEE"
NEW YORK
DOUBLEDAY & McCLURE Co
MDCCCXCIX
Copyright, 1899, by
DOUBLEDAY & McCLURE CO
TO MY MOTHER,
KINDLY CRITIC, COUNSELLOR, AND FRIEND,
THIS BOOK IS
AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED.
PREFACE.
This is a true tale of a boy's life in the West twenty-five years ago. It is an account of his amusements, his trials, his work, his play. The incidents described actually happened and are described substantially as "the boy" related them to the writer.