Blackwater Ben Contributor(s): Durbin, William (Author) |
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ISBN: 0816691924 ISBN-13: 9780816691920 Publisher: University of Minnesota Press OUR PRICE: $8.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Humor |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2013039468 |
Lexile Measure: 840 |
Series: Fesler-Lampert Minnesota Heritage Books (Paperback) |
Physical Information: 0.58" H x 6.15" W x 8.18" (0.60 lbs) 216 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 19th Century - Cultural Region - Middle East |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: According to thirteen-year-old Ben Ward's father, lumberjacks look forward to two things: mealtime and springtime. In the winter of 1898, Ben leaves school for a job as a cook's assistant to his father at the Blackwater Logging Camp. As Ben spends long hours peeling potatoes and frying flapjacks, he dreams of working in the woods with the other men, felling trees, driving a team, and skidding timber. While enduring a long, cold winter in a camp filled with outlandish characters, as well as an orphan boy named Nevers, Ben comes to understand himself and his family's past. Peppered throughout with heart and humor--and including a glossary and afterword with facts about logging--Blackwater Ben paints a vivid picture of the north woods of Minnesota at the end of the nineteenth century. |