Copper-Toed Boots

by Marguerite De Angeli

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Relates the summer adventures of a young boy living in Michigan in the nineteenth century and how he came to acquire the two things he most wanted--a dog and a pair of copper-toed boots.

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Canonical title
Copper-Toed Boots
Original publication date
1938 (copyright) (copyright)
Dedication
To my father, Shad, and to Ash, his boyhood friend
First words
Shad slammed the kitchen door and threw down the pan in which he had carried the potato parings for the chickens.
Last words
(Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)"Look!" said Shad. "Just look, Pa! Ma! Look! Copper-toed boots!"

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Genres
Fiction and Literature, Children's Books
DDC/MDS
823.91Literature & rhetoricEnglish & Old English literaturesEnglish fiction1900-1901-1999
LCC
PZ7 .D35 .CLanguage and LiteratureFiction and juvenile belles lettresFiction and juvenile belles lettresJuvenile belles lettres
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