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What secrets lie behind a Wolf Demon and a Queen in the forests of the Ohio Valley?
In The Wolf Demon; Or, the Queen of the Kanawha, Albert W. Aiken turns to the Kanawha River country for a frontier adventure. Forests and rivers shape a border region where settlers, hunters and Native peoples meet and often clash. Danger belongs to the setting, and the title promises vengeance and mystery.
The Wolf Demon and the Queen suggest a world of secrets and legends. Aiken writes in the dime-novel tradition, where pursuit and danger keep stories moving. Approach this tale for its bold strokes and ornate language: its appeal lies in old-fashioned adventure rather than a slow, quiet study of character.
What you’ll discover
- A dangerous river country Enter the forests and waterways of the Kanawha, where the frontier brings people into conflict.
- Two intriguing figures Let the Wolf Demon and the Queen draw you toward the mysteries their names suggest.
- The pull of vengeance Explore an adventure whose promise of revenge gives its frontier dangers a darker edge.
- Old-fashioned storytelling energy Meet Aiken's dime-novel world, with its taste for pursuit, danger and secrets.
- A bolder literary style Step into ornate language and boldly drawn characters, and enjoy adventure on its own terms.
Who will love it
You will enjoy this if you like old frontier adventures, famous scouts such as Daniel Boone, daring rescues, scheming villains, and a mystery with a monster at its center.
What’s inside
The key ideas, in the 15-minute summary
- Two hunters meet over one fallen deer
- A mysterious killer marks Shawnee warriors
- A bear, a rescue and Kanawha Kate
- A rejected suitor plots in the dark
- Love is answered by a rifle shot
- Boone in the Shawnee village
- Kate shelters a wounded stranger
- Girty's vengeance closes its trap
- What the story is about and how it is told
Who’s who
- Daniel BooneThe famous scout who commands Point Pleasant and risks capture to learn where the Shawnees will strike.
- Abe LarkA scarred young hunter who brings news of the war and scouts with Boone.
- Harvey WinthropA young Bostonian seeking his fortune on the frontier, who saves Virginia from a bear and loves her.
- Virginia TrevelingThe General's brave and kind daughter, loved by Winthrop and hunted by two men who wish her harm.
- Kanawha KateA forest-bred girl and dead shot who is shunned as a renegade's daughter and loves Winthrop in secret.
- Clement MurdockVirginia's cunning relative, who wants her hand and her father's fortune and will use any tool to get them.
- Simon GirtyA white renegade who lives among the Indians and seeks revenge on General Treveling for a whipping long ago.
- Ke-ne-ha-haThe Shawnee war chief, a clever leader who plans the attack on Point Pleasant and fears the Wolf Demon.
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The Wolf Demon; Or, the Queen of the Kanawha
A wolf with a human face stalks a Shawnee hunter and cuts a Red Arrow into his chest.
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What kind of creature kills a Shawnee warrior with one blow, then carves a red arrow into his chest? In The Wolf Demon, Albert W.
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Two hunters meet over one fallen deer
The first chapter begins in 1780 near the place where the Kanawha river joins the Ohio. Two rifle shots bring down one buck, and two strangers race through the woods to claim it. Neither means to give way.
One is a young man scarred from temple to chin, who has carved his name, Abe Lark, into a nearby oak. The other is Daniel Boone, who handles the quarrel with easy good humor. Both bullets strike the animal, so Lark suggests an equal share. Boone agrees and proposes carrying it to the station at Point Pleasant. Over the carcass, Lark passes on grim news. The Shawnees and Wyandots are on the warpath, led by the chief Ke-ne-ha-ha, and the white renegade Simon Girty will guide them.
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What is The Wolf Demon about?
It follows the war threatened along the Ohio in 1780, a kidnapped girl named Virginia Treveling, and a creature that kills Shawnee warriors and carves a Red Arrow on their chests.
Who is Kanawha Kate?
She is a girl raised in the woods, a skilled hunter and rifle shot, who lives alone in a cabin by the Kanawha river. Settlers shun her because her father is a renegade.
Is The Wolf Demon a true story?
No. Aiken blends invented characters with real names such as Daniel Boone, Simon Kenton and Simon Girty.
The author
Albert W. Aiken
1846–1894 · American novelist and playwright
Albert W. Aiken was an American actor, playwright, and fiction writer. He was born in 1846 and died in 1894. He worked in the United States during the nineteenth century. His writings included plays and the novel The Wolf Demon; Or, the Queen of the Kanawha.
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