The Albany cutter
By: by Larry Gnagey.
Series: Family book series
Publisher: Early American Museum
Published: 1997
Place of publication: [Mahomet, Ill.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 25
Subjects: Swedish Americans -- Fiction.; Farm life -- Illinois -- Fiction.; Sleds -- Fiction.; Gifts -- Fiction.; Christmas -- Fiction.; Illinois -- Fiction.
Genres: Fiction.
Description: After an afternoon of ice skating on a lake in Illinois, twelve-year-old Andy and his nine-year-old twin sisters, Emily and Sarah, are treated to grandpa's tale of a young Swedish immigrant who, in early 1879, began working to surprise his wife with a beautiful cutter, or sleigh, for Christmas.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 24).