Longshanks
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| Author(s): | Stephen W. Meader |
| Illustrator(s): | Edward C. Caswell |
| Publisher(s): | Harcourt, Brace and Company |
| Year Published: | 1928 |
| Type: | Hardcover |
| Genre: | Adventure American Boys Growing Up Fiction - Novel Historical Fiction - Civil War |
| Age Range: | Ages 9-12: Longer Chapter Books |
| Pages: | 243 |
| This is an | All-Time Great Children's Book (ATGCB) |
| OCLC: | 4687616 |
Description
Tad Hopkins is on his way downriver to New Orleans to meet his father when he is unceremoniously tossed into the river by a thief. He is rescued by a young flatboat man - Abe Lincoln.
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Longshanks (1945)
Thad Hopkins is going downriver to meet his father in New Orleans when he is unceremoniously tossed overboard by a thief. He is rescued by a passing flatboat man -- Abe Lincoln. This is the second edition with new illustrations by Edward Shenton.
Longshanks (2006)
Thad Hopkins is going downriver to meet his father in New Orleans when he is unceremoniously thrown in the river by a thief. He is rescued by a flatboat man -- Abe Lincoln.
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