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Longshanks
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| Author(s): | Stephen W. Meader |
| Illustrator(s): | Edward Shenton |
| Publisher(s): | Harcourt, Brace and Co. |
| Year Published: | 1945 |
| Type: | Hardcover |
| Genre: | Adventure American Boys Growing Up 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: | 747818620 |
Description
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.
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Longshanks (1928)
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.
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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