The matchlock gun

Resource Information

The work The matchlock gun represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Chattahoochee Valley Libraries. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

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Label

The matchlock gun

Statement of responsibility

by Walter D. Edmonds ; illustrated by Paul Lantz

Creator

• Edmonds, Walter D., (Walter Dumaux), 1903-1998
• trueEdmonds, Walter Dumaux, 1903-1998

Contributor

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Subject

• trueTen-year-old boys -- New York (State)
• trueGuns -- Spain
• trueFrontier and pioneer life -- New York (State)
• trueTen-year-old boys
• trueCourage in boys
• trueIndians of North America -- Relations with missionaries, traders, etc. -- To 1789
• trueNew York (State) -- History -- French and Indian War, 1754-1763
• trueDutch in the United States
• trueIndians of North America -- New York (State)
• United States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1754-1763 -- Juvenile fiction
• trueIndians of North America
• trueUnited States -- History -- French and Indian War, 1754-1763
• trueGuns
• trueBoys and guns
• trueFrontier and pioneer life

Genre

• Juvenile fiction

Language

eng

Summary

In 1756, during the French and Indian War in upper New York state, ten-year-old Edward is determined to protect his home and family with the ancient, and much too heavy, Spanish gun that his father had given him before leaving home to fight the enemy

Award

Newberry Medal, 1942.

Cataloging source

DLC

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Intended audience

860

Intended audience source

Lexile

Interest level

MG

Literary form

fiction

http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/minGradeLevel

• 4
• 6

Reading level

5.1

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Study program name

Accelerated Reader AR

Target audience

juvenile