CONTENTS
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I.--Birthplace and Youth 1

II.--"Old Wolf Putnam" 11

III.--First Taste of War 25

IV.--A Partizan Fighter 39

V.--The Adventurous Soldier 53

VI.--Fighting on the Frontier 65

VII.--Strategy and Woodcraft 79

VIII.--A Prisoner and in Peril 92

IX.--A Campaign in Cuba 106

X.--Tavern-Keeper and Oracle 120

XI.--On the Side of His Country 134

XII.--At the Battle of Bunker Hill 150

XIII.--Holding the Enemy at Bay 171

XIV.--In Command at New York 184