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Swift Rivers

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3.1 out of 5
Based on 31 Ratings and 6 Reviews

Book Description
Barred from his family home- stead by his mean-spirited uncle, eighteen-year-old Chris weathers a Minnesota winter in a small cabin with his grandfather. Poverty and the tempting stories of a wandering Easterner convince Chris to harvest the trees on his grandfather's land and float the logs down the spring floodwaters of the Mississippi to the lumber mills in Saint Louis. Filled with stories of r... More
Book Information
PublisherWalker and Company
BindingPaperback (28 editions)
Reading LevelAges 9-12
# of Pages288
ISBN-100802777031
ISBN-13978-0802777034
Publication Date10/01/2004
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About Cornelia Meigs (Author) : Cornelia Meigs is a published author of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of Cornelia Meigs include Invincible Louisa: The Story of the Aurhor of Little Women, Swif... more
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