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Classics. Mark Twain's tale of a boy's picaresque journey down the Mississippi on a raft conveyed the voice and experience of the American frontier as no other work had done before. When Huck escapes from his drunken father and the 'sivilizing' Widow Douglas with the runaway slave Jim, he embarks on a series of adventures that draw him to feuding families and the trickery of the unscrupulous 'Duke' and 'Dauphin'. Beneath the exploits, however, are...
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"The classic boyhood adventure tale, updated with a new introduction by noted Mark Twain scholar R. Kent Rasmussen. A consummate prankster with a quick wit, Tom Sawyer dreams of a bigger fate than simply being a "rich boy." Yet through the novel's humorous escapades-from the famous episode of the whitewashed fence to the trial of Injun Joe-Mark Twain explores the deeper themes of the adult world, one of dishonesty and superstition, murder and revenge,...
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How can you tell if a river's under a spell? River trolls, rock trolls, blue-wing fairies—the usual suspects. The stretch of the Mississippi where Claire lives has rumors of them all, not that she's ever spotted any. But then Claire's cousin Duke takes a swim and sprouts a horn—a long, pointy, handsome thing. After that, Claire doesn't have much choice but to believe that something rivery is going on, especially since she's the only
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Boxcar children volume 20
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English
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The Alden children travel on a Mississippi paddle-wheel steamer to visit an old family friend in his cabin near Hannibal, Missouri, and try to discover who is responsible for the mysterious activities near the house.
5) Flood!
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Publisher
Morrow Junior Books
Pub. Date
1997.
Physical Desc
36 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 26 x 26 cm
Language
English
Description
One fictional Midwestern family is forced to leave their home during the flooding of the Mississippi River in 1993.
6) Swift rivers
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Walker
Pub. Date
1994.
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269 pages ; 19 cm.
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English
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After being turned out by his mean-spirited uncle, Chris Dahlberg decides to harvest some of the timber on his grandfather's land in Minnesota and float the giant logs down the Mississippi River to market in St. Louis.
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Farrar Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2003.
Edition
First edition.
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31 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 25 x 28 cm
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English
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When a huge white whale gets stuck between the banks of the Mississippi River causing the water to stop flowing, Jean Laffite finds a way to get the river moving again.
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Riverboat adventures volume 4
Publisher
Bethany House
Pub. Date
[1997]
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191 pages ; 21 cm.
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English
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In 1857, while working for the Underground Railroad on a Mississippi River steamboat, thirteen-year-old Libby hunts for the swindler who has robbed her father, and she tries to reunite the fugitive slave Jordan with his missing father.
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Listen & Live Audio
Pub. Date
[2009]
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14 CDs (17 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In 1806, the exploits of Jacky Faber continue as she heads west to avoid capture by the British and discovers adventure aboard a keelboat on the mighty Mississippi River.
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Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
1st edition.
Physical Desc
215 pages : illustrations, map ; 22 cm
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English
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In 1860, eleven-year-old Becky Thatcher, new to St. Petersburg, Missouri, joins the boys at school in a bet to steal from the Widow Douglas in hopes of fulfilling a promise to have adventures that she made her brother Jon before he died.
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Trixie Belden volume 15
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
Reissue edition, first Random House edition.
Physical Desc
250 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
While on a trip to St. Louis, fourteen-year-old Trixie Belden discovers some mysterious papers in her hotel room and soon realizes that she and her friends are being followed as they cruise in a towboat down the Mississippi River.
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