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The Matchlock Gun

The Matchlock Gun Walter Edmonds book cover

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Author(s):Walter D. Edmonds
Illustrator(s):Paul Valentine Lantz
Publisher(s): Dodd, Mead & Company
Year Published: 1941
Type: Hardcover
Genre: Historical Fiction – Revolutionary
History - American
Boys Growing Up
Age Range: Ages 5-7: Early Reader Books
Pages: 50
This is an All-Time Great Children's Book (ATGCB)
OCLC: 16204858
Award(s):
Newbery Medal
Newbery Medal - 1942

Description

During the French and Indian War in upper New York state, Edward is determined to protect his home. He is only ten years old but his father gave him an ancient, heavy Spanish gun before leaving home to fight the enemy.

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