TY - SER
KW - boatmen
KW - flatboats
KW - keelboats
KW - Mike Fink (c. 1770/80-1823)
KW - Conestoga wagons
KW - gunsmiths
AU - Zachary Ball
AB - A novelized biography Mike Fink (c. 1770/80-1823), a semi-legendary brawler and river boatman. Its first five chapters depict his years in Pittsburgh and dramatize tales of his talents for boating, hunting, and fantastic boasting.
C1 - 1790s
C3 - Allegheny County; Allegheny River; Monongahela River; Ohio River; Pittsburgh; Mt. Washington; Downtown; Grant’s Hill; Ft. Pitt
C4 - Children’s; Biographical; Historical; Adventure; Folklore
CY - New York
LA - English
M3 - Novel
N1 - Zachary Ball is a pseudonym of Kelly Ray Masters (1897-1987)<br/>.

Mt. Washington is referred to as Coal Hill, as it was then known.
N2 - A novelized biography Mike Fink (c. 1770/80-1823), a semi-legendary brawler and river boatman. Its first five chapters depict his years in Pittsburgh and dramatize tales of his talents for boating, hunting, and fantastic boasting.
PB - Holiday House
PP - New York
PY - 1958
RN - Kelly Ray Masters (1897-1987) was a prolific writer of novels for boys. Many of his books use river or ocean settings.
EP - 196 p.
TI - Young Mike Fink
ER -