The Buffalo Knife

by William O. Steele, Jean Fritz (Introduction)

Overview

Nine-year-old Andy and his family brave natural and man-made dangers during a perilous thousand-mile raft trip down the Tennessee River.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780152052157
Publisher:	Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication date:	12/06/2012
Series:	Odyssey Classics (Odyssey Classics)
Edition description:	1-Simul
Pages:	136
Sales rank:	524,539
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.34(d)
Lexile:	850L (what's this?)
Age Range:	7 - 10 Years

About the Author

WILLIAM O. STEELE (1917-1979) published thirty-nine books over his long career, many of them award winners. A native of Franklin, Tennessee, he set many of his historical adventures in the hills and valleys where he grew up.

Editorial Reviews

"Mr. Steele writes so vividly that you feel that you have been right there on the flatboat during the whole trip and have come to know these pioneers as real people."--The New York Times Book Review

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