Moonshiner's Son
by Reeder, Carolyn
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0380722518
- ISBN 13
- 9780380722518
- Seller
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Monroe, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
unused book from closed bookstore inventory with a little bit of wear; clean, tight and square, text is clean and unmarked, no spine crease, no tears or other creases, corner tips are lightly bumped, edges are slightly chipped, pages and inside covers are yellowed; For Ages 8-12 yrs.; RL: 4.9
Synopsis
Twelve-year-old Tom Higgins is learning the craft of making whiskey. Even though Prohibition forbids the production and sale of alcoholic beverages, Tom is determined to be a good apprentice. He is, after all, a moonshiner's son. His father has raised moonshining to an art, and Tom wants nothing more than to please this rough, distant man. Then a preacher comes to the wilds of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains to rid Bad Camp Hollow of the "evils of liquor." This is when Tom and his father begin their campaign to match wits with the preacher and try to outsmart the law officers he calls in. Tom's father is eloquent in defense of a way of life long and respectfully lived by the Higgins family. But the preacher and his pretty daughter make a powerful case against it. And when drink causes a tragedy in the community, Tom Higgins is torn....
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Details
- Bookseller
- Book Nook Monroe (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 502763
- Title
- Moonshiner's Son
- Author
- Reeder, Carolyn
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first printing
- ISBN 10
- 0380722518
- ISBN 13
- 9780380722518
- Publisher
- Avon Camelot
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY, USA
- Date Published
- 1995
- Pages
- 202
- Size
- 12mo - over 6 3/4 - 7 3/4" tall
- Keywords
- juvenile fiction, historical fiction, Blue Ridge mountains, moonshiner, making whiskey, family business, Prohibition
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Books; Children's Fiction;
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