The True Account
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The True Account

A Novel of the Lewis & Clark & Kinneson Expeditions

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The True Account

A Novel of the Lewis & Clark & Kinneson Expeditions

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About This Book

An explorer and his nephew set out to beat Lewis & Clark to the Pacific in this humorous historical novel by the author of A Stranger in the Kingdom. In the spring of 1804, Private True Teague Kinneson—schoolmaster, inventor, playwright, and explorer—sets out with his nephew, Ticonderoga, to race Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to the Pacific. Along the way True and Ti encounter Daniel Boone and his six-foot-two spinster daughter, Flame Danielle; fight and trick a renegade army out to stop Lewis's expedition; invent baseball with the Nez Perce; hold a high-stakes rodeo with Sacagawea's Shoshone relatives; and outwit True's lifelong adversary, the Gentleman from Vermont, a.k.a. the Devil himself. And when a beautiful and mysterious Blackfoot girl named Yellow Sage Flower Who Tells Wise Stories enters the tale, things start to get really interesting... A Top Ten Book Sense 76 Selection Praise for The True Account "A madcap what-if story... a cock-eyed joyride through history." — Washington Post "Picaresque is too tame a word for this imagined romp... A great adventure." — Los Angelese Times Book Review "The funniest historical novel about the West since Little Big Man." — Denver Post "Mosher calls to mind the best of Mark Twain—mischievous, touching, and very funny." —Carl Hiaasen "Clever.... Fun and fanciful with much to savor, Mosher's novel demonstrates a boundless imagination and a light comic touch." — Publishers Weekly

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Publisher
Mariner Books
Year
2014
ISBN
9780544391260
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Historical Fiction
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Title Page
  2. Contents
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Maps
  6. Foreword
  7. Vermont
  8. 1
  9. 2
  10. 3
  11. 4
  12. 5
  13. Boston
  14. 6
  15. 7
  16. New York
  17. 8
  18. 9
  19. Monticello
  20. 10
  21. The Natchez Trace
  22. 11
  23. 12
  24. 13
  25. 14
  26. St. Louis
  27. 15
  28. 16
  29. 17
  30. Up the Broad Missouri
  31. 18
  32. 19
  33. 20
  34. 21
  35. 22
  36. 23
  37. 24
  38. 25
  39. With the Mandans
  40. 26
  41. 27
  42. 28
  43. 29
  44. 30
  45. 31
  46. 32
  47. The Force of Terror
  48. 33
  49. 34
  50. 35
  51. 36
  52. 37
  53. 38
  54. The Great Falls
  55. 39
  56. 40
  57. 41
  58. 42
  59. 43
  60. 44
  61. 45
  62. To the Mountains
  63. 46
  64. 47
  65. 48
  66. 49
  67. 50
  68. 51
  69. 52
  70. 53
  71. Crossing the Bitterroots
  72. 54
  73. 55
  74. Down the Columbia
  75. 56
  76. 57
  77. 58
  78. Winter by the Pacific
  79. 59
  80. 60
  81. 61
  82. 62
  83. 63
  84. 64
  85. Chief Mountain
  86. 65
  87. 66
  88. 67
  89. 68
  90. Back Matter
  91. Private True Teague Kinneson’s Epitaph
  92. About the Author
  93. Connect with HMH