TY - SER
KW - boatmen
KW - flatboats
KW - keelboats
KW - Mike Fink (c. 1770/80-1823)
KW - George Rogers Clark (1752-1818)
KW - gunsmiths
AU - Harold W. Felton
AU - Aldren A. Watson
AB - <p>A novelized biography Mike Fink (c. 1770/80-1823), a semi-legendary brawler and river boatman.</p>
C1 - <p>1790s</p>
C3 - Allegheny County; Allegheny River; Monongahela River; Ohio River; Pittsburgh; Downtown; Ft. Pitt; Fayette County; Brownsville; Ft. Redstone
C4 - Children’s; Biographical; Historical; Adventure; Folklore
CY - New York
LA - English
M3 - Novel
N2 - <p>A novelized biography Mike Fink (c. 1770/80-1823), a semi-legendary brawler and river boatman.</p>
PB - Dodd, Mead & Company
PP - New York
PY - 1960
RN - <p>Harold Felton (1902-1991) was born in Iowa and earned his law degree at the University of Nebraska. He wrote numerous children's books about American folklore. Aldren Watson (1917-2013) was a professional artist, illustrator, bookbinder, and carpenter.</p>
EP - 159 p.
TI - Mike Fink: Best of the Keelboatmen. Being a Revealing and Trustworthy Account of Events in the Life of the RENOWNED RIVERMAN, Indian Scout, and Relentless Enemy of Divers and Sundry Outlaws, Containing Facts, Anecdotes, History, Legend, and Folklore of the UNIQUE AND JUSTLY FAMED HERO including His Experience in His Inimitable Craft, the Lightfoot, Taken from Ancient, Original Resources
ER -