| The True Account: A Novel of the Lewis & Clark & Kinneson Expeditions Contributor(s): Mosher, Howard Frank (Author) |
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ISBN: 0618431233 ISBN-13: 9780618431236 Publisher: Harper Paperbacks OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2004 Annotation: In "the funniest historical novel about the West since "Little Big Man"" ("Denver Post"), Mosher introduces Private True Teague Kinneson, who sets out with his nephew on an epic race to beat Lewis and Clark to the Pacific. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Historical - General - Fiction | Mystery & Detective - Women Sleuths |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2002032804 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (1.01 lbs) 337 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - New England - Geographic Orientation - Vermont |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Howard Frank Mosher introduces Private True Teague Kinneson, who sets out with his nephew, Ticonderoga, on an epic race to reach the Pacific before Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Along the way True and Ti encounter Daniel Boone and his six-foot-two spinster daughter, Flame Danielle; fight and trick a renegade army out to stop Lewis's expedition; invent baseball with the Nez Perce; hold a high-stakes rodeo with Sacagawea's Shoshone relatives; and outwit True's lifelong adversary, the Gentleman from Vermont, a.k.a. the devil himself. |
Contributor Bio(s): Mosher, Howard Frank: - HOWARD FRANK MOSHER is the author of ten books, including Waiting for Teddy Williams, The True Account, and A Stranger in the Kingdom, which, along with Disappearances, was corecipient of the New England Book Award for fiction. He lives in Vermont. |