Wilderness Boy is an historical

Historical novel

According to Encyclopædia Britannica, a historical novel is-Development:An early example of historical prose fiction is Luó Guànzhōng's 14th century Romance of the Three Kingdoms, which covers one of the most important periods of Chinese history and left a lasting impact on Chinese culture.The...

, young-adult novel by the American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 writer Margery Evernden.

It is set in 1794 in Washington County, Pennsylvania

Washington County, Pennsylvania

-Government and politics:As of November 2008, there are 152,534 registered voters in Washington County .* Democratic: 89,027 * Republican: 49,025 * Other Parties: 14,482...

, just south of Pittsburgh, it tells the story of sixteen-year-old Jonathon Garrett, who while on an errand for his frontier doctor uncle, is accosted by local farmers and enlisted to join them in raising a Liberty Pole

Liberty pole

A liberty pole is a tall wooden pole, often used as a type of flagstaff, planted in the ground, which may be surmounted by an ensign or a liberty cap. They are associated with the Atlantic Revolutions of the late 18th century.-American Revolution:...

. The events of the Whiskey Rebellion

Whiskey Rebellion

The Whiskey Rebellion, or Whiskey Insurrection, was a tax protest in the United States in the 1790s, during the presidency of George Washington. Farmers who sold their corn in the form of whiskey had to pay a new tax which they strongly resented...

 soon unfold.

See also

Other novels that employ events of the Whiskey Rebellion:

• The Latimers
  The Latimers
  The Latimers : A Tale of the Western Insurrection of 1794 is an historical novel by the American writer and Presbyterian clergyman Henry Christopher McCook set in 1790s Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania....
  
  (1898)
• The Delectable Country
  The Delectable Country
  The Delectable Country is an historical novel by the American writer Leland Baldwin set in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.The Whiskey Rebellion is brewing in the 1790s as protagonist David Braddee, aged nineteen, pilots his foster father's keelboat to a difficult landing at the frontier town of...
  
  (1939)
• The Whiskey Rebels
  The Whiskey Rebels
  The Whiskey Rebels is an historical novel by American writer David Liss, inspired by events in the early history of the United States. According to Liss , "This novel, in many respects, details the events that led up to the Whiskey Rebellion of 1794".-Synopsis:Despite the title, the novel's action...
  
  (2008)