River Boy - Lyle Morgan
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Set along a great American waterway in the late 1880s, River Boy is the story of Clayton Sievers, left orphaned after his parents' deaths. Put in the care of his abusive uncle, Clayt, together with his best friend Ronnie, escapes to seek a new life along the river. But the river holds dangers as well as delights, perils as well as promises. Almost immediately Clayt's world begins to crumble, trouble looms a ... Full description
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"There are exciting escapades, dangers, interesting characters, sentiment and humor in abundance, all essential elements of good adventure writing."
--West Coast Review of Books
"Any comparison to Twain's Huckleberry Finn is fleeting. Clayt is not Huck, and his world is not Huckleberry's. There is greed and violence in Clayt's world just as in Huck's but little burlesque. Clayt as "River Boy" is more aware, more sensitive, more intelligent about his fate than Huck and enlists readers' sympathies more consistently. He is easier to like because he is more conventionally moral than Huck".
--Warren Fine, author of The Artificial Traveler, In the Animal Kingdom, American Confession
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| Author | Lyle Morgan |
|---|---|
| Publisher | PAPERBACK Press |
| Release year | 2023 |
| Cover type | Softcover |
| EAN | 9781960499363 |