| The Adirondack Tales V1 Contributor(s): Murray, William Henry Harrison (Author) |
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ISBN: 1163320064 ISBN-13: 9781163320068 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $37.40 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: September 2010 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections |
| Physical Information: 1.13" H x 9.02" W x 6" (1.79 lbs) 438 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 1897. Preacher turned writer, Murray has written a collection of woodsman's and hunter's yarns about John Norton, the trapper. He describes Norton as big-bodied, bigheaded, big-hearted, wise, humorous, humane, brave, he types the old-fashioned New England man who, having lived his life in the woods, has had developed in him those virtues and qualities of head and heart, of mind and soul, in harmony with his lifelong surroundings. Contents: The Beaver's Lodge; An Animated Bush; Camp Life; The Hunt; The Rescue; The Ovation; The Race; The Lad's Triumph; The Shooting Match; The Match for the Silver Horn; The Ball; The Parting; A Reunion; Henry's Ambush;The Thunderstorm; Crazy John; A Prophecy; The Catastrophe; and The Death of the Lad. |
