Wrestle the Mountain

by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor

Book Overview

Even at eleven, Jed knew he didn't want to work in the coal mines like his father and the four generations before him. The mines provided a meager subsistence for the families of Tin Creek, West... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0695801813
• ISBN13: 9780695801816
• Release Date: January 1971
• Publisher: Follett
• Length: 249 Pages
• Weight: 0.13 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A compelling and heart-told story

Set in the coal mines of West Virginia, Wrestle the Mountain is an entertaining "coming of age" novel. Jed Jefferson Tate is an eleven-year-old boy who yearns for a better life than the constant struggle for survival that his father faces in the mines. With help from his teacher and his aunt, Jed must somehow find his own path. Then when a natural disaster puts lives in danger, everything changes! Wrestle The Mountain is a compelling and heart-told story.