Jamie Come of Age.Jamie Comes Of Age Vera M. Kierstead-Farber Vantage Press Inc. 419 Park Avenue South, 18th floor, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY 10016 0533148219 $10.95 1-212-736-1767 Jamie Comes Of Age is a young adult novel and sequel to Jamie's Journey: An Early American Adventure. Set in 1806, after young Jamie found his soldier farther, a survivor of the Lewis and Clark expedition Lewis and Clark expedition, 1803–6, U.S. expedition that explored the territory of the Louisiana Purchase and the country beyond as far as the Pacific Ocean. , the two embark upon a fresh adventure together. They transport a cargo to President Thomas Jefferson, and participate in the rescue of a family from a keelboat keel·boat n. A riverboat with a keel but without sails, used for carrying freight. Noun 1. keelboat - river boat with a shallow draught and a keel but no sails; used to carry freight; moved by rowing or punting or wreck along the Ohio River Ohio River Major river, eastern central U.S. Formed by the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers, it flows northwest out of Pennsylvania, and west and southwest to form the state boundaries of Ohio–West Virginia, Ohio-Kentucky, Indiana-Kentucky, and . At last a deadly level of tension between boatmen and wagoners will test Jamie's capacity to the fullest, in this high-spirited and dramatic saga. Jamie Comes Of Age is a wholesome, enjoyable narrative recommended for readers of all ages. |
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