The winter room
A young boy growing up on a northern Minnesota farm describes the scenes around him and recounts his old Norwegian uncle's tales of an almost mythological logging past. The winter room is where Eldon, his brother Wayne, old Uncle David, and the rest of the family gather on icy cold nights, sitting in front of the stove. There the boys listen eagerly to all of Uncle David's tales of superheroes. Then one night Uncle David tells the story, "The Woodcutter," and what happens next is terrible--then…
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- Full title :The winter room / Gary Paulsen.
Summary
A young boy growing up on a northern Minnesota farm describes the scenes around him and recounts his old Norwegian uncle's tales of an almost mythological logging past. The winter room is where Eldon, his brother Wayne, old Uncle David, and the rest of the family gather on icy cold nights, sitting in front of the stove. There the boys listen eagerly to all of Uncle David's tales of superheroes. Then one night Uncle David tells the story, "The Woodcutter," and what happens next is terrible--then wonderful
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- Publication Date:©1989
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Dell
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©1989
Notes
Reprint. Originally published: New York : Orchard Books, 1989.
Cover illustration by Neil Waldman.
"A Yearling book."
The Physical Object
- Description:103 pages ; : 20 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0440404541, 9780440404545
- oclc:ocm23661654
- LC Classification:PZ7.P2843
- Dewey Decimal:Fic
Table of Contents
Tuning -- Spring -- Summer -- Fall -- Winter -- Alida -- Orud the terrible -- Crazy Alen -- Woodcutter.
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