Pappy's Handkerchief (Tales of Young Americans) - Hardcover

Scillian, Devin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1585363162 ISBN 13: 9781585363162

Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press, 2007

Synopsis

Young Moses and his family are barely scraping by. He helps his father in their fish stall selling each day's catch to passersby but times are hard in 1889 Baltimore. It's difficult to provide for a family of ten. But when they hear of free farmland out in Oklahoma, it sounds like the answer to their prayers. The family sells all they own and heads west to fulfill a lifelong dream. Their wagon journey, however, is plagued with troubles from ice storms and flooded rivers to diminishing supplies and sickness. Yet Moses and his family persevere. They arrive in time to take a place along the boundary line that marks the staging point for the Oklahoma Land Run. But after making it this far, will even more bad luck prevent them from realizing their dream of owning their own piece of America? Evocative paintings and spellbinding storytelling bring the Oklahoma Land Run to vivid life for young readers.

About this title

About the Author:

An Emmy award-winning broadcast journalist currently based at the NBC affiliate in Detroit, Devin Scillian has been writing professionally since 1984. His first children's title, Fibblestax, published in 2000, was called "original, entertaining," by Midwest Book Review. His second book, A is for America: An American Alphabet, released in May 2001, has sold more than 250,000 copies.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sleeping Bear Press
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1585363162
• ISBN 13: 9781585363162
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 40
• Illustrator: Ellison Chris