Down the Big River
Author: first_name: Stephen W.
last_name: Meader
Language: English
Year: 1924

In 1805, two boys encounter vicious river pirates on their way to help settle the American Midwest.

<i>I am very pleased to offer another of Stephen W. Meader's beautifully-written historical adventures. A prominent theme of this novel is "Manifest Destiny," a driving force in 19th-century American politics and government. The credo of Manifest Destiny held that white Americans were divinely foreordained to push westward and settle the continent. This book presents an accurate portrayal of (a