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The Hero of Bremen
By Hodges, Margaret & Mikolaycak, Charles
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-82340-934-1
- Publisher
- New York : Holiday House, c1993.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 1993
Gr 1-5 The teeming medieval city of Bremen has outgrown its boundaries. When the citizens try to obtain more property from the rich countess whose lands surround them, they are tricked into an arrangement whereby Bremen can have all the land that a man can walk around in one day-starting at the east gate at dawn and ending at the west gate at sundown. The man chosen to accomplish this task by the countess's scheming nephew is the crippled Hans Cobbler, who sets out bravely to crawl through pasture, bog, and forest on his ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
