Dead Man's Rapids

by William Durbin and Barbara Durbin

Book Overview

When 13-year-old Ben Ward left school to work with his Pa in a logging camp, a winter of peeling potatoes and setting tables wasn't the adventure he had in mind. Still, come spring, he signs up for the log drive with his friend Nevers, wishing the head cook on the wanigan (the floating cook shack) could be someone other than his crabby Pa. Fate, with a wink, complies, and Pa quits--only to be replaced by someone far worse: Pete Sardman, aka Old Sard,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1517902231
• ISBN13: 9781517902230
• Release Date: April 2017
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.7" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 8 to 12 years
• Grade Range: Grades 3 to 7