| The Woodsman's Boy: How a ten-year-old boy from London became an expert Adirondack guide. Contributor(s): Blanchard, April (Author) |
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ISBN: 099032740X ISBN-13: 9780990327400 Publisher: Tioga Point Press OUR PRICE: $14.24 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2014 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - 19th Century |
| Physical Information: 0.47" H x 5.51" W x 8.5" (0.58 lbs) 224 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Winner of the Adirondack Center for Writing Award for Children's Literature. William Chadwick is a scholar with big plans although he's only nine years old. His comfortable life as a popular, rich schoolboy in London is ruined when his grandparents die, and he is forced move to a remote American wilderness to live with the father he has never met. William's father is a poor Adirondack woodsman working as a guide for the wealthy elites, showing them where to fish and hunt. During William's harsh and lonely life as a guide in the deep woods he becomes an expert woodsman and boat builder, and learns secrets about his family that his grandparents kept hidden. |