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Singing Paddles / by Julia Butler ; illustrated by Dorothea Cooke.

Summary:

Singing paddles is the story of the Blair family's cross-country covered-wagon trip from Kentucky to Cathlamet, Washington in 1843, led by Dr. Marcus Whitman.

Record details

  • Physical Description: 274 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.
  • Publisher: Portland, Or. : Binfords & Mort, 1952, c1937.

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Biographical or Historical Data:
Julia Butler Hansen was born in Cathlamet, Washington in 1907. She graduated from the University of Washington in 1930. Singing Paddles was a prize winner in the Juila Ellsworth Ford contest, a Juvenile book award, in 1935. Julia was elected to the State House of Representatives in 1939 and for served for 22 years. In 1960 she was elected to an unexpired term in the Congress which she served for 14 years.
Subject:
Overland journeys to the Pacific > Juvenile fiction.
Washington Territory > History > Juvenile fiction.
Oregon Territory > History > Juvenile fiction.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Northwest Indian College.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Lummi Library HIST JUV BUTL 1952 256439 Historical Reshelving -