By the author of The Bears of Blue River.

Excerpt from Uncle Tom Andy Bill: A Story of Bears and Indian Treasure Children except one (of her you will hear a great deal in these pages) were nieces or nephews and grand-nieces or grand-nephews whose parents, like mine, had died. You may be sure every member of the adopted family worshipped with unquestioning faith at the shrine of the Adopter, as some of Tom Andy Bill's older friends lovingly called him. The mother instinct was so strong in Tom Andy Bill's heart that all his friends regretted he had never married. I remember once hearing two old ladies deplore the fact. One of them said tenderly: Oh, yes, it's too bad. He was the like liest young man I ever knew - so tall and strong and gentle. He was like a Greek statue in form, and like a hero in bravery and truthfulness and all that was good. His hair was dark and curled about the finest head and the handsomest face I ever saw. No, he never married, but he had a sweet heart once yes, yes, you know the story. Sad, wasn't it? So sad. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

A BOOK TO READ: Uncle Tom Andy Bill. A Story of Bears and Indian Treasure (from the author of "The Bears of Blue River"): Lively, wholesome stories of adventure which Uncle Tom Andy Bill, seventy and reminiscent, selects from his boyhood experiences. "No one can question Mr. Major's happy touch and compelling power when it comes to writing books about boys for boys.... The story is a true and lively picture of life half a century ago in what is now the Middle West, but was then the frontier" —The Outlook. "Mr. Major's book, with its vivid pictures of pioneer life in the Middle West, deserves to become a juvenile classic.... It is wholesome adventure of the best kind and its atmosphere is of just the bracing kind which will be good for boys and girls." —The Congregationalist. "A new juvenile which will receive a ready welcome." —K. L. M. "Even if the older reader may not care so much for the treasure and the bears as the boy, he will admit that the story is a true and lively picture of life half a century ago in what is now the middle west, but was then the frontier." —Outlook.