In 1861 big William Ferguson and his ten-year-old brother Timothy watch the army leave Fort Ridgely for the war. When the Dakota uprising of 1862 sweeps the Minnesota frontier, the brothers travel through deserted country and down the great river by boat, surviving wreck and danger on a journey that leads at last to the siege of Vicksburg.
Historical adventure rich in river lore and wildlife from a Minnesota teacher and naturalist. Download the free EPUB.