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Tag Archives: Holling Clancy Holling
The voyage so far
As promised, here’s the first of what may be several updates on my tour of books set on water in honor of Herman Melville’s 200th birthday. Initially I had planned to make these reviews brief, but, well, you know … … Continue reading
Posted in Adventure, Classic, Fan fiction, History, Seafaring, Travel
Tagged Holling Clancy Holling, Sena Jeter Naslund
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Cartographer’s Prize
The Selected Works of T. S. Spivet (2009), Reif Larsen. Tecumseh Sparrow Spivet is 12, the only surviving son of Dr. Clair and Father, brother to Gracie, and a prodigy who maps not just his geographic world (his bedroom, the route to … Continue reading
Author Profile: Holling Clancy Holling
Originally posted on The Ineluctable Bookshelf:
Three images from my childhood reading are permanently etched on my mind: a boy diving deep into the sea to rescue his ivory seagull; a tiny carved Indian sitting in a canoe atop a…
Indelible art and stories
Three images from my childhood reading are permanently etched on my mind: a boy diving deep into the sea to rescue his ivory seagull; a tiny carved Indian sitting in a canoe atop a snow-covered mountain waiting for spring-melt to … Continue reading
