A Ride into Morning - The Story of Tempe Wick

Summary

The Revolutionary War is raging. Food and firewood are scarce, and Tempe Wick is worried that she will not be able to care for her ailing mother and her family and still maintain the farm. Her ability to hold on to her world is threatened when a mutinous soldier demands that she lend him her beloved horse in exchange for keeping her brother’s rum-smuggling activities secret from the authorities. This dramatic historical novel is based on a real event that has been popularized into American legend.

Product details

• Authors: Ann Rinaldi
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: ages 12 to 99
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.1991
• EAN: 9780152005733
• ISBN: 978-0-15-200573-3
• No. of pages: 368
• Weight: 4531 g
• Series: Great Episodes
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; Mexico, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Historical fiction, United States of America, USA, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Action and adventure stories, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Nature and animal stories, Interest age: from c 12 years, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Pets and pet care, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Places and peoples, Children’s / Teenage general interest: Girls and women, US West, c 1783 to c 1800 (American Federalist era), YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Girls & Women *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Social Themes / Violence *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Social Themes / Prejudice & Racism *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Animals / Pets *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Diversity & Multicultural *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Historical / General *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Westerns *, YOUNG ADULT FICTION: Places / Mexico