Uncle Rick Reads Over-Mountain Boy By William O. Steele

The Revolutionary War and the inroads it made on the backwoods of Tennessee and North Carolina figure importantly in the life of young Will Hawkins, his family and the farming people of Watanga. Difficulties with the treacherous Chicamauga and even more wiley Tory neighbors pepper the way towards the tide-turning battle of Kings Mountain and Will's bravery with the Over-Mountain men.