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Author:

Beatty, Pete, author.

Title:

Cuyahoga : a novel / Pete Beatty ; [illustrations by Adam Villacin].

Edition:

First Scribner hardcover edition.

Publisher:

Scribner,

Copyright Date:

2020

Description:

265 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Subject:

Sibling rivalry--Fiction.
Sons--Fiction.
Brothers--Fiction.
Tall tales--Fiction.
Families--Ohio--Fiction.
Cuyahoga River (Ohio)--Fiction.
Ohio City (Cleveland, Ohio)--Fiction.
Cleveland (Ohio)--Fiction.
Ohio--History--1787-1865--Fiction.
Tall tales.
Domestic fiction.
Humorous fiction.
Historical fiction.

Other Authors:

Villacin, Adam, illustrator.

Summary:

"Big Son is a spirit of the times--the times being 1837. Behind his broad shoulders, shiny hair, and church-organ laugh, Big Son practically made Ohio City all by himself. The feats of this proto-superhero have earned him wonder and whiskey toasts but very little in the way of fortune. And without money, Big cannot become an honest husband to his beloved Cloe (who may or may not want to be his wife, honestly). In pursuit of a steady wage, our hero hits the (dirt) streets of Ohio City and Cleveland, the twin towns racing to become the first great metropolis of the West. Their rivalry reaches a boil over the building of a bridge across the Cuyahoga River--and Big stumbles right into the kettle. The resulting misadventures involve elderly terrorists, infrastructure collapse, steamboat races, wild pigs, and multiple ruined weddings. Narrating this ... tale is Medium Son--known as Meed--apprentice coffin maker, almanac author, orphan, and the younger brother of Big. Meed finds himself swept up in the action, and he is forced to choose between brotherly love and his own ambitions"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

1982155558
9781982155551

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1197784705

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

TCPG826 -- Bettendorf Public Library Information Center (Bettendorf)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

WKPE185 -- Cherokee Public Library (Cherokee)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

GYPE631 -- Knoxville Public Library (Knoxville)

EZPE755 -- Le Mars Public Library (Le Mars)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

XAPE737 -- Shenandoah Public Library (Shenandoah)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)