Synopses & Reviews
In "the funniest historical novel about the West since "Little Big Man" ("Denver Post), Howard Frank Mosher introduces Private True Teague Kinneson, who sets out with his nephew, Ticonderoga, on an epic race to reach the Pacific before Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Along the way True and Ti encounter Daniel Boone and his six-foot-two spinster daughter, Flame Danielle; fight and trick a renegade army out to stop Lewis's expedition; invent baseball with the Nez Perce; hold a high-stakes rodeo with Sacagawea's Shoshone relatives; and outwit True's lifelong adversary, the Gentleman from Vermont, a.k.a. the devil himself. Published to coincide with the anniversary of the Lewis and Clark expedition's beginning, "The True Account is a riotous journey that "celebrates the unique brand of homespun humor popularized in the tall tales of Mark Twain" ("Booklist).
Synopsis
Howard Frank Mosher introduces Private True Teague Kinneson, who sets out with his nephew, Ticonderoga, on an epic race to reach the Pacific before Meriwether Lewis and William Clark. Along the way True and Ti encounter Daniel Boone and his six-foot-two spinster daughter, Flame Danielle; fight and trick a renegade army out to stop Lewiss expedition; invent baseball with the Nez Perce; hold a high-stakes rodeo with Sacagaweas Shoshone relatives; and outwit Trues lifelong adversary, the Gentleman from Vermont, a.k.a. the devil himself.
About the Author
Howard Frank Mosher is the author of North Country: A Personal Journey through the Borderland and of six novels, including Strager in the Kingdom (winner of the 1991 New England Book Award for fiction), Northern Borders, and Where the Rivers Flow North. Mosher presently resides in Irasburg, Vermont.