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The Outlander
Edward Biddle was the son of John Biddle, one of the Philadelphia Biddles. John Biddle, a Tory, had remained loyal to the British at the beginning of the American Revolution, and when the other Biddles turned against him, and the Continental Congress confiscated his property, he and his wife fled to Nova Scotia.
After the War of 1812, Edward Biddle returned to Philadelphia. But because of the taint of his father's disloyalty to the American cause, he was publicly snubbed by the "loyal" Biddles, and two years later, in 1819, he left Philadelphia for the heart of the vast Michigan Territory-- Mackinac Island-- where the code was what, not who one was.
However, Edward Biddle was not prepared for the reception he received. He was an Easterner, an outsider, and even his fine clothes, his accent which so differed from the sharp, vigorous speech of the hardy Islanders, were regarded with hostility and distaste. He'd have to prove that beneath his polished manners and fine feathers he was a man to be recokened with-- rugged, resourceful, two-fisted.
Set against the exciting history of the roaring Michigan Territory-- and the turbulent struggle of America's great fur trading empires-- "The Outlander" is a story of wealth and power, of murder and violence... and of a love that changes the direction and lives of countless people.
After the War of 1812, Edward Biddle returned to Philadelphia. But because of the taint of his father's disloyalty to the American cause, he was publicly snubbed by the "loyal" Biddles, and two years later, in 1819, he left Philadelphia for the heart of the vast Michigan Territory-- Mackinac Island-- where the code was what, not who one was.
However, Edward Biddle was not prepared for the reception he received. He was an Easterner, an outsider, and even his fine clothes, his accent which so differed from the sharp, vigorous speech of the hardy Islanders, were regarded with hostility and distaste. He'd have to prove that beneath his polished manners and fine feathers he was a man to be recokened with-- rugged, resourceful, two-fisted.
Set against the exciting history of the roaring Michigan Territory-- and the turbulent struggle of America's great fur trading empires-- "The Outlander" is a story of wealth and power, of murder and violence... and of a love that changes the direction and lives of countless people.
256 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1959
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