The Matchlock Gun

by Walter D. Edmonds
Category: "Fiction - Chapter Books"
Pages:53
Year of Publication:1941
Date Added:08/03/2003
Date Read:01/19/1999
Notes:While his father is off to war, 10-year-old Edward and his mother have to face an Indian attack with an old matchlock gun as their only weapon.
My Rating: 8

Reviews for The Matchlock Gun

Review - Matchlock Gun, The

Teunis leaves with the militia to fight the French and Indians. His wife Gertrude leads Indians into a trap where 10-year-old Edward shoots them with an old matchlock gun. Gertrude gets wounded by a tomahawk, but lives.

Reviewed by Roger on 2008-08-22 15:01:47

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