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2020.
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1932, Minnesota. The Lincoln School is a pitiless place where hundreds of Native American children, forcibly separated from their parents, are sent to be educated. It is also home to an orphan named Odie O'Banion, a lively boy whose exploits earn him the superintendent's wrath. Forced to flee, he and his brother Albert, their best friend Mose, and a little girl named Emmy steal away in a canoe, heading for the mighty Mississippi and a place to call...
163) Huckleberry Finn
Pub. Date
c1988,1975
Description
The well-known tale of the carefree Huck Finn and his adventures on his raft with the runaway slave, Jim, as they sail down the Mississippi.
164) Rivermen
Author
Pub. Date
©1990
Description
A history of life on the river in the United States, particularly on the Mississippi, when rivermen, by their work, made possible exploration, settlement, and travel not otherwise possible.
165) Bernardo de Galvez
Author
Pub. Date
c1990
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
This tells of the Spanish governor who raised an army to drive the British out of the Mississippi Valley and the Gulf of Mexico.
167) Bernardo de Gl̀vez
Author
Pub. Date
c1990
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
A biography of the Spanish governor who raised a seven-thousand soldier army to drive the British out of the Mississippi Valley and the Gulf of Mexico during the Revolutionary War in America.
Author
Pub. Date
[2024]
Description
"From Percival Everett-a recipient of the NBCC Lifetime Achievement Award and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Booker Prize, and numerous PEN awards-comes James, a retelling of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, both harrowing and ferociously funny, told from the enslaved Jim's point of view. When the enslaved Jim overhears that he is about to be sold to a man in New Orleans, separated from his wife and daughter forever, he decides to hide on nearby...