About The Author:Joseph Alexander Altsheler (April 29, 1862 – June 5, 1919) was an American newspaper reporter, editor and author of popular juvenile historical fiction. He was a prolific writer, and produced fifty-one novels and at least forty-nine short stories. This is volume 1 of the Joseph Altesher collection. It collects 4 novels about the American Revolutionary War by american author Joseph Alexander Altsheler. The first three novels portrait important campaigns and battles, while the last one is about the Northwest Indian War, occurring immediately after the Revolutionary War, in which the British were heavily involved. The novels are:The Sun of Saratoga, a romance of Burgoyne's surrender (1897)In Hostile Red, a romance of the Monmouth campaign (1900)My Captive, a tale of Tarleton’s raiders (1902)The Wilderness Road; a romance of St. Clair's defeat and Wayne's victory (1901)