{"product_id":"dead-mans-rapids-9781517902247","title":"Dead Man's Rapids","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen 13-year-old Ben Ward left school to work with his Pa in a logging camp, a winter of peeling potatoes and setting tables wasn't the adventure he had in mind. Still, come spring, he signs up for the log drive with his friend Nevers, wishing the head cook on the wanigan (the floating cook shack) could be someone other than his crabby Pa. Fate, with a wink, complies, and Pa quits--only to be replaced by someone far worse: Pete Sardman, aka Old Sard, a cantankerous character complete with a greasy apron, an eye patch, one deaf ear, and plenty to say.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLuckily, there's also the rest of the crew--a colorful, sometimes outrageous company of men. Together Ben and Nevers endure freezing weather, dangerous rapids, logjams, storms and floods, and a number of gripping tall tales, along the way learning about logging on the river and a whole lot more about life. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaking up where \u003ci\u003eBlackwater Ben\u003c\/i\u003e left off, \u003ci\u003eDead Man's Rapids\u003c\/i\u003e returns to the north woods of Minnesota in the late nineteenth century, and with warmth, humor, and attention to historical detail engages readers both young and old.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/28\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781517902247\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.10w x 0.70d","brand":"William Durbin, Barbara Durbin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43418366148789,"sku":"9781517902247","price":8.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_f5ae75f3-3b31-45c0-b8ea-3385dda8f489.jpg?v=1703004566","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/dead-mans-rapids-9781517902247","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}