Dead Man's Rapids Contributor(s): Durbin, William (Author), Durbin, Barbara (Author) |
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ISBN: 1517902231 ISBN-13: 9781517902230 Publisher: University of Minnesota Press OUR PRICE: $14.41 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2017 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Fiction | Historical - United States - 19th Century - Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - General |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2016046264 |
Physical Information: 1.1" H x 5.7" W x 8.3" (0.90 lbs) 208 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Geographic Orientation - Minnesota |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: When 13-year-old Ben Ward left school to work with his Pa in a logging camp, a winter of peeling potatoes and setting tables wasn't the adventure he had in mind. Still, come spring, he signs up for the log drive with his friend Nevers, wishing the head cook on the wanigan (the floating cook shack) could be someone other than his crabby Pa. Fate, with a wink, complies, and Pa quits--only to be replaced by someone far worse: Pete Sardman, aka Old Sard, a cantankerous character complete with a greasy apron, an eye patch, one deaf ear, and plenty to say. Luckily, there's also the rest of the crew--a colorful, sometimes outrageous company of men. Together Ben and Nevers endure freezing weather, dangerous rapids, logjams, storms and floods, and a number of gripping tall tales, along the way learning about logging on the river and a whole lot more about life. Taking up where Blackwater Ben left off, Dead Man's Rapids returns to the north woods of Minnesota in the late nineteenth century, and with warmth, humor, and attention to historical detail engages readers both young and old. |