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Down the Big River

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Author(s):Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):Edward Shenton
Publisher(s): Harcourt, Brace and Company
Year Published: 1944
Type: Hardcover
Genre: Adventure
American
Boys Growing Up
Families
Fiction - Novel
Historical Fiction - Revolutionary
Age Range: Ages 9-12: Longer Chapter Books
Pages: 270
This is an All-Time Great Children's Book (ATGCB)

Description

Tom Lockwood and his parents are travelling down the Ohio River to take up land in Missouri when they are captured by pirates.

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Other Editions

Down the Big River (1924)

Tom Lockwood and his parents are going down the Ohio River to take up land in Missouri when they are captured by pirates.

Publisher: Harcourt, Brace and Co.
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Down the Big River (2004)

Tom Lockwood and his parents are going down the Ohio River to take up land in Missouri when they are captured by pirates.

Publisher: Southern Skies
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