The Young Trailers
A Story of Early Kentucky
by Joseph A. Altsheler
This book was published in 1907. It is volume 1 of 8 volumes.
The five principal characters of this novel are Henry Ware, Paul Cotter, Solomon Hyde ("Shif’less Sol"), Tom Ross ("Silent Tom"), and Jim Hart ("Long Jim"). All of the five also appear in the other seven volumes of this series.