Articles published in the Middleburgh (Pa.) Post under the heading "Brief fum Hawsa" and signed "Gottlieb Boonastiel," a character created by the author. cf. Introd. and Pref.
Stock in trade : being an "inventory of the store in Litiz (Pennsylvania), taken from the 4th to 8th May, 1773," and some pertinent remarks regarding service to the American public
This is a story of Hannes, a German-Lutheran boy who joined a band of Swiss Mennonites fleeing from Europe's desperate terror and poverty of the 17th century. It is a story of the perils of Hannes' journey and the improvement of his rifle, brought from his fatherland.