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So, yesterday was the official kick-off of the Keep Portland Weird festival here in Paris, which meant that I had a reading/screening in the... Continue »
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A Mystery for Thoreau

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Sixteen-year-old Oliver Puckle, news gatherer for the Concord Freeman in the summer of 1846, has his work cut out for him when word arrives of a gruesome murder at Walden Pond. It seems the only citizen who is not a suspect is the poetphilosopher Henry David Thoreau, who spent the night locked in the local jail for refusing to pay his poll tax. As Oliver leads the charge to unravel the mystery, he has much to learn from his colorful neighbors - among them Ralph Waldo Emerson and a feisty teenage Louisa May Alcott - but unexpectedly it is the recluse Thoreau himself who provides particular help to the investigation.

This posthumously published novel, set in the famously literary town of Concord, Massachusetts, is rich with intrigue and witty detail and features a foreword by the authors son.

Synopsis:

Set in the famously literary town of Concord, Massachusetts, this posthumously published novel is rich with intrigue and witty detail as it pulls readers into a Gothic mystery featuring such residents as Henry David Throreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Louisa May Alcott.
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About the Author

KIN PLATT (1911-2003) had a varied and illustrious career, writing for radio, comics, and television, and publishing over thirty books, including two adventures in the Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators series, and the Edgar Award- winning young adult novel Sinbad and Me.

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Product Details

ISBN:
9780374353377
Publisher:
Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Subject:
Situations / Death & Dying
Foreword by:
Platt, Christopher J.
Foreword:
Platt, Christopher J.
Author:
Platt, Kin
Subject:
Indians of north america
Subject:
Journalists
Subject:
Social Issues - Death & Dying
Subject:
Mysteries, Espionage, & Detective Stories
Subject:
Love & Romance
Subject:
Mysteries & Detective Stories
Subject:
Mystery and detective stories
Subject:
Historical - United States - 19th Century
Subject:
Biographical - United States
Subject:
Love
Subject:
Romance
Subject:
People
Subject:
Places/United States/Native American
Subject:
Social Issues/Death
Subject:
Dying
Edition Description:
First Edition, Foreword by Christopher J. Platt
Publication Date:
20080930
Binding:
Electronic book text in proprietary or open standard format
Grade Level:
- Up
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Foreword by Chris Platt
Pages:
176
Dimensions:
8.54x5.44x.69 in. .65 lbs.
Age Level:
from 12 up to 17
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"Synopsis" by , Set in the famously literary town of Concord, Massachusetts, this posthumously published novel is rich with intrigue and witty detail as it pulls readers into a Gothic mystery featuring such residents as Henry David Throreau, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Louisa May Alcott.
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