Adventurous Deeds of Deadwood Jones, TheAges: 11–14 Grades: 6–9 Pages: 192 List Price: 16.95 Cover: Hardcover Published: 11/1/2008 ISBN: 1-59078-637-8 ISBN-13: 978-1-59078-637-6 |
Revives the famous "dime novels" about "Deadwood Dick" written by Edward L. Wheeler that, in turn, were loosely based on the autobiography of the African American cowboy Nat Love. Reviews"[An] emotion-filled, memorable novel." "Hemphill’s convincing vernacular narration and well-researched, hard-bitten details of life in the South and on the western range give this adventure story surprising depth. The fast-paced plot, punctuated by Prometheus’s astonishing wins and losses, will lasso readers’ interest." |
