title: The Young Wagoner
author: Lau, R. Greg
description: What am I doing here? Will I survive? Will any British survive? Dear God, help me! What should I do?As these thoughts raced through my mind, Daniel Boone rode up to me. Jost, cut your horse from its harness, mount it, and save yourself! Ride out of here.I was inclined to do just that.But my prayer was answered by an unusual source: George Washington.Get to know the life and adventures of a fourteen-year-old Pennsylvania Dutchman, farmer, wagoner, and survivor of Braddock's Defeat.