Frederick “Freddie” Putnam is Lionel and Latrell Putnam’s youngest son. He works with his brothers at the family livery stable and smithy. He was always more “book” oriented than his siblings and desperately wants to be a professional writer. While he’s happy to help the family, he desperately wants to escape the drudgery of working in the stableyard. He spends nearly every time on ordering books and papers from which he studies and learns, building his personal library and educating himself.