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Down the Big River

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Author(s):Stephen W. Meader
Illustrator(s):Stephen W. Meader
Publisher(s): Harcourt, Brace and Co.
Year Published: 1924
Type: Hardcover
Genre: American
Boys Growing Up
Families
Fiction - Novel
Historical Fiction - Revolutionary
Pioneers
Age Range: Ages 9-12: Longer Chapter Books
Pages: 270
This is an All-Time Great Children's Book (ATGCB)
OCLC: 1834195

Description

Tom Lockwood and his parents are going 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 (1944)

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

Publisher: Harcourt, Brace and Company
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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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