Mike Fink: Snapping Turtle of the Ohio, Snag of the Massassip

Year of Publication
1957
Publication Type
Novel
Number of Pages or Episodes
147 p.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
City
Boston
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Abstract

A novelized biography Mike Fink (c. 1770/80-1823), a semi-legendary brawler and river boatman.

Author Biography

James Bowman (1880-1961), born in Ohio, earned his degrees from Ohio Northern and Harvard Universities. He wrote numerous children's books and taught English at Iowa State and Northern Michigan universities. Leonard Fisher (1924- ), a graduate of Yale, is an artist and the illustrator of more than 250 children's books.

Time

1790s

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