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Minn of the Mississippi

Summary: The adventures of a three-legged snapping turtle as she travels from the headwaters to the mouth of the Mississippi River illustrate the life cycle of the turtle and the geography, history, geology, and climate of the river.

Item details

  • ISBN: 039517578X
  • ISBN: 9780395175781
  • Physical Description: print
    85 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.
  • Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 1979.

Contents / Notes

Formatted Contents Note: [ch.] 1. Land of ancient waters -- [ch.] 2. One small turtle, two big boys -- [ch.] 3. A turtle starts traveling -- [ch.] 4. Waters can wander away -- [ch.] 5. The mother earth -- [ch.] 6. The river is a museum -- [ch.] 7. Below the water-wall -- [ch.] 8. Minn becomes a river-monster -- [ch.] 9. The lake in the river -- [ch.] 10. A country of builders -- [ch.] 11. River life has it's downs and ups -- [ch.] 12. Ride the river in a barrel -- [ch.] 13. Sentinels of the crossroads -- [ch.] 14. When water runs over lawns and things -- [ch.] 15. Boats that changed the river -- [ch.] 16. Land of cotton and turtle stew -- [ch.] 17. Minn goes inland -- [ch.] 18. River of dreams -- [ch.] 19. Minn comes to the end of the line -- [ch.] 20. Treasure is where you find it.
Awards Note:
Newbery Honor Book, 1952.
Subject: Snapping turtles Juvenile fiction
Voyages and travels Juvenile fiction
Natural history
Ecology Juvenile fiction
Animals Juvenile fiction
Indians of North America Juvenile fiction
River life Juvenile fiction
Boat living Juvenile fiction
River steamers Juvenile fiction
Dams Juvenile fiction
Floods Mississippi River Juvenile fiction
Hurricanes Juvenile fiction
Mississippi River Juvenile fiction
Snapping turtles Fiction
Turtles Fiction
Mississippi River Fiction
Mississippi River

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