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The shad are running

by Judith St George

FictionDutch AmericansFishersFathers and sonsChildren's fictionFishers, fictionFathers and sons, fictionUnited states, fiction

Eleven-year-old Cornelius Van Loon is destined to be a fisherman but is terrified of the water. The collision of two steamboats on the Hudson River tests his courage.

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Book data: Open Library