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Bearkiller

The Life of a Boy On the American Frontier 1878-1900

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An exciting adventure, a valuable social history - Rich, vivid detail makes compelling and humorous reading. Written in 1940 and now published for the first time, Bearkiller is the true family saga of author Warner Melvin Karshner, a revered pioneer physician, legislator, and civic leader of Puyallup, Washington - nicknamed "Bearkiller" as a child. Bearkiller is the story of the Karshner family's life and journey from a comfortable home in Fremont, Ohio in 1878 to a dugout on the plains of Kansas and on to western Washington Territory in the early 1880s. They homesteaded along the Wynooche River on the site of the Olympia National Forest. Father John Karshner, a passionate frontiersman and advocate of hard work, drives his wife, Lousia, and their six children into incredible adventures. One wonders how they survived.

By Warner M. Karshner

Edited by Gayle Buchanan Karshner

Illustrated by Marvin Trump and Cameron Belding

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