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Mississippi mud
three prairie journals
By Turner, Ann Warren & Blake, Robert
Publishers Summary:
- ISBN
- 978-0-06024-433-0
- Publisher
- New York : HarperCollins, c1997.
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School Library Journal
Reviewed on June 1, 1997
Gr 2-6 To describe this book simply as a collection of poetry would be an injustice. This is historical fiction in the form of verse. The poems portray the feelings, experiences, and observations of three pioneer children in a family leaving a barren farm in Kentucky for the hope of free, rich soil in Oregon. The images Turner creates are stunning. The lone survivor of an ambush comes out of an ox-hide tent "foot first, like a babe ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
