FEW minutes later Tom wasin the shoal water of the bar,wading toward the Illinois shore.Before the depth reached his middlehe was half way over; the currentwould permit no more wading, now,so he struck out confidently to swimthe remaining hundred yards. Heswam quartering up stream, butstill was…
Adventure and adventurers · Mississippi River -- Juvenile literature · Missouri -- Juvenile literature
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