Orphaned and maimed, Freckles' bitterness about his fate is lessened when he is hired to guard a stretch of lumber in the wild Limberlost and, after meeting the beautiful "Swamp Angel," he determines to find out about his past.
General Note
"This Dover edition ... is an unabridged republication of the work originally published by Doubleday, Page & Company, New York, 1904"--Title page verso.