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Author:

Helgerson, Joseph.

Title:

Crows & cards : a novel / written with diligence by Mr. Joseph Helgerson ; to which are added fine illustrations by Mr Peter Desève ; also included is Dictionarium Americannicum ; being the words herein most arcane and alien and their definitions.

Edition:

Houghton Mifflin stereotype ed.

Publisher:

Houghton Mifflin/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

344 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Apprentices--Juvenile fiction.
Gambling--Juvenile fiction.
Slavery--Juvenile fiction.
Shamans--Juvenile fiction.
Indians of North America--Juvenile fiction.
Missouri--Juvenile fiction.
Conduct of life--Juvenile fiction.
Saint Louis (Mo.)--History--19th century--Juvenile fiction.
Apprentices--Fiction.
Gambling--Fiction.
Slavery--Fiction.
Shamans--Fiction.
Indians of North America--Fiction.
Conduct of life--Fiction.
St. Louis (Mo.)--History--19th century--Fiction.
Humorous stories.
Historical fiction.
Adventure fiction.
Humorous fiction.
Western stories.
Bildungsromans.

Other Authors:

De Sève, Peter.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [290]-294).

Summary:

In 1849, Zeb's parents ship him off to St. Louis to become an apprentice tanner, but the naive twelve-year-old rebels, casts his lot with a cheating riverboat gambler, while a slave and an Indian medicine man try to get Zeb back on the right path.

ISBN:

0618883959
9780618883950

OCLC:

(OCoLC)259258448

LCCN:

2008013308

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

RZPE145 -- Carroll Public Library (Carroll)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

AXPF626 -- Oskaloosa Public Library (Oskaloosa)