Winner · Newbery Medal 1942
The Matchlock Gun
by Walter D. Edmonds
1941 novel by Walter D. Edmonds
In 1756, during the French and Indian War in upper New York state, ten-year-old Edward is determined to protect his home and family with the ancient, and much too heavy, Spanish gun that his father had given him before leaving home to fight the enemy.
Synopsis from Open Library.
- Language
- English
- Genre
- historical fiction
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