Title: The codfish musket
Description: The story of Dan Boit, a young man who takes a job with a storekeeper and arms dealer in 18th century Boston.  When firearms bearing the codfish trademark are stolen, Dan suspects Tom Genty, a mysterious Englishmen.  Dan travels to Washington to learn if war with Spain is near and ends up becoming President Jefferson's secretary.  He is then sent to the frontier to deliver a message to Lewis and Clark.  On his journey, he discovers that Gentry is the leader of a gang that is selling guns to the British, who are arming the Indians, who are terrorizing American trappers.
Subjects: Fiction, History, Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1806), Illegal arms transfers, Juvenile fiction, Lewis and Clark Expedition (1804-1809), Thieves, Firearms, Adventure stories, Arms transfers, Young men, Western stories, Frontier and pioneer life, Newbery Honor
Places: New England, Ohio River Valley
Time periods: Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775