Snowshoe Thompson
By: Nancy Smiler Levinson ; pictures by Joan Sandin.
Contributors: Sandin, Joan, ill.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: An I can read book
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 1992
Place of publication: [New York, N.Y.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
Subjects: Thompson, Snowshoe, 1827-1876 -- Juvenile literature; Thompson, Snowshoe, 1827-1876; Pioneers -- Sierra Nevada Region (Calif. and Nev.) -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Sierra Nevada Region (Calif. and Nev.) -- Letter carriers -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Frontier and pioneer life -- Sierra Nevada Region (Calif. and Nev.) -- Juvenile literature; Postal service -- Letter carriers; Pioneers; Frontier and pioneer life -- West (U.S.); Sierra Nevada Region (Calif. and Nev.) -- History -- Juvenile literature
Description: One winter John Thompson skis across the Sierra Nevada Mountains and creates a path upon which mail and people may travel, thus earning his nickname "Snowshoe Thompson."