Wit bought, or, A New York boy's adventures when the empire state was young
Wit Bought is a children's adventure story by Samuel G. Goodrich, published in New York in 1887 for young readers, set in the early days of New York State. The four woodcut-style engravings show a frightened old woman pointing at two boys near a cave, a group of colonial men with dogs meeting a hooded crowd in the woods, a violent clearing skirmish with fallen figures and smoke, and a startled woman running with a boy behind her. A designer could draw on their dense hatching, rustic outdoor settings, and dramatic gestures for period storytelling.
