Crows & cards, a novel, written with diligence by Mr. Joseph Helgerson ; to which are added fine illustrations by Mr Peter Desève ; also included is Dictionarium Americannicum; being the words herein most arcane and alien and their definitions
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Crows & cards, a novel, written with diligence by Mr. Joseph Helgerson ; to which are added fine illustrations by Mr Peter Desève ; also included is Dictionarium Americannicum; being the words herein most arcane and alien and their definitions
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [290]-294)
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
Crows & cards
Nature of contents
bibliography
Oclc number
259258448
Responsibility statement
written with diligence by Mr. Joseph Helgerson ; to which are added fine illustrations by Mr Peter Desève ; also included is Dictionarium Americannicum; being the words herein most arcane and alien and their definitions
Sub title
a novel
Summary
In 1849, Zeb's parents ship him off to St. Louis to become an apprentice tanner, but the naive twelve-year-old rebels, casts his lot with a cheating riverboat gambler, while a slave and an Indian medicine man try to get Zeb back on the right path
Target audience
pre adolescent
resource.variantTitle
Crows and cards
Contributor
Creator
Subject
- Western stories
- Slavery -- Fiction
- Bildungsromans
- Historical fiction
- Apprentices -- Fiction
- Action and adventure fiction
- Indians of North America -- Fiction
- Shamans -- Juvenile fiction
- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
- Saint Louis (Mo.) -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction
- Slavery -- Juvenile fiction
- Apprentices -- Juvenile fiction
- Gambling -- Fiction
- Conduct of life -- Fiction
- Gambling -- Juvenile fiction
- Shamans -- Fiction
- St. Louis (Mo.) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
- Humorous fiction
- Missouri -- Juvenile fiction
- Indians of North America -- Juvenile fiction
Content
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- Has instance2
Outgoing Resources
- Contributor1
- Creator1
- Genre5
- Subject20
- Western stories
- Slavery -- Fiction
- Bildungsromans
- Historical fiction
- Apprentices -- Fiction
- Action and adventure fiction
- Indians of North America -- Fiction
- Shamans -- Juvenile fiction
- Conduct of life -- Juvenile fiction
- Saint Louis (Mo.) -- History -- 19th century -- Juvenile fiction
- Slavery -- Juvenile fiction
- Apprentices -- Juvenile fiction
- Gambling -- Fiction
- Conduct of life -- Fiction
- Gambling -- Juvenile fiction
- Shamans -- Fiction
- St. Louis (Mo.) -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction
- Humorous fiction
- Missouri -- Juvenile fiction
- Indians of North America -- Juvenile fiction
- Content1
- Mapped to1