Owl's Journey: Four Centuries of an American County - Hardcover

Shaw, Maura D.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1885482019 ISBN 13: 9781885482013

Publisher: Shawangunk Pr, 1994

Synopsis

Follow the journey of a pocket-sized stone owl, carved by a Lenape Indian boy in 1609, through four centuries as it travels along the Hudson River in New York State. In each exciting chapter, the stone owl is discovered by a new owner, a boy or girl to whom the owl brings good luck or courage in the thrilling adventures that unfold. The owl on its journey encounters pirates and settlers, lions and elephants, steamboats and locomotives, blizzards and mine cave-ins, presidents, pilots and heroes, runaway slaves and new immigrants from all parts of the world. The stories that take place in these 800 square miles tell the real history of America, through the eyes of the young people who lived here over the centuries.

About this title

About the Author:

Maura D. Shaw is the author of several other books for younger readers, including Ten Amazing People and How They Changed the World. She lives in New York's Hudson Valley with her husband, the artist Joe Tantillo.

About this edition

• Publisher: Shawangunk Pr
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 1885482019
• ISBN 13: 9781885482013
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 143