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The True Account - by Howard Frank Mosher (Paperback)
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- Howard Frank Mosher introduces Private True Teague Kinneson, who sets out with his nephew, Ticonderoga, on an epic race to reach the Pacific before Meriwether Lewis and William Clark.
- Author(s): Howard Frank Mosher
- 337 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Historical
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In "the funniest historical novel about the West since "Little Big Man"" ("Denver Post"), Mosher introduces Private True Teague Kinneson, who sets out with his nephew on an epic race to beat Lewis and Clark to the Pacific.Book Synopsis
Howard Frank Mosher introduces Private True Teague Kinneson, who sets out with his nephew, Ticonderoga, on an epic race to reach the Pacific before Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Along the way True and Ti encounter Daniel Boone and his six-foot-two spinster daughter, Flame Danielle; fight and trick a renegade army out to stop Lewis's expedition; invent baseball with the Nez Perce; hold a high-stakes rodeo with Sacagawea's Shoshone relatives; and outwit True's lifelong adversary, the Gentleman from Vermont, a.k.a. the devil himself.
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"Fun and fanciful with much to savor, Mosher's novel demonstrates a boundless imagination and a light comic touch." Publishers Weekly
"An erudite and absorbing tweak of the Great Exploration." Kirkus Reviews --Shipping details
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