Title: The western adventures of Zebulon Crabtree
Description: In 1849, Zeb's parents ship him off to St. Louis to become an apprentice tanner, but the naive twelve-year-old rebels, casting his lot with a cheating riverboat gambler, while a slave and an Indian medicine man try to get Zeb back on the right path. Includes historical notes, glossary, and bibliographical references.
Subjects: Apprentices, Conduct of life, Fiction, Gambling, History, Humorous stories, Indians of North America, Shamans, Slavery, Juvenile fiction, Children's fiction, Apprentices, fiction, Slavery, fiction, Indians of north america, fiction, Conduct of life, fiction, Missouri, fiction
Places: Missouri, St. Louis (Mo.)
Time periods: 20th century