Edmonds, Walter Dumaux, 1903-1998.,

The matchlock gun /by Walter D. Edmonds ; illustrated by Paul Lantz. - Mahaw, New Jersey : Troll Associates, (c)1990. - 50 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.

Reprint: Originally published: New York ; Putnam's, c1941.

In 1756, during the French and Indian War in upper New York state, ten-year-old Edward is determined to protect his home and family with the ancient, and much too heavy, Spanish gun that his father had given him before leaving home to fight the enemy.



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Newbery Medal.
Frontier and pioneer life--New York (State)--Juvenile fiction.
Courage--Juvenile fiction.

PZ9 / .M383 1990 PZ9