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Frederick Forest
Known today for a single surviving novel, this elusive 19th-century writer published a fast-moving Revolutionary War adventure full of divided loyalties, danger, and melodrama. Very little biographical information appears to have survived, which gives the work an added air of mystery.
1 Audiobook
Iron Hand, Chief of the Tory League; or, The Double Face
by Frederick Forest
About the author
Frederick Forest is an obscure American author best known for Iron Hand, Chief of the Tory League; or, The Double Face. Library and ebook records consistently connect the name with that novel, and current public listings suggest it is the only work that is readily documented and widely available today.
The book was originally published in 1871 and later digitized by Project Gutenberg. It is a historical adventure set during the American Revolution, centered on conflict around Fort Ann and Lake George, with themes of loyalty, betrayal, scouting, imprisonment, and the clash between Patriots and Loyalists.
Beyond that book, reliable biographical details about Forest are hard to confirm. Major public reference pages identify the author and the novel, but they do not provide a fuller life story, portrait, or a well-established publication history, so any personal background would be speculative.